GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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SENATE BILL 952
Children and Human Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 5/10/93
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/29/94

Short Title:  Hospital Branch Facilities Change.	(Public)
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April 22, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE LAW REGARDING HOSPITAL FACILITIES TO OFFER HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN BRANCH FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 131E-14.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 131E-14.1. Branch facilities.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article, any municipality organized under the provisions of this Part or Part C may erect, remodel, enlarge, purchase, finance, and operate branches and related facilities within this State but outside the boundaries of the county subject to the following limitations:
(1)	No moneys derived from the exercise by the owning municipality of its power of taxation shall be expended on facilities located outside its boundaries;
(2)	No moneys derived from the issuance by the owning municipality of its bonds or notes shall be expended on facilities located outside its boundaries;
(3)	The owning municipality shall not possess the power of eminent domain or have the right of condemnation with respect to hospital facilities located outside its boundaries; and
(4)	The power conferred on counties by G.S. 153A-169 and G.S. 153A-170 to adopt ordinances regulating the use of county-owned property and parking on county-owned property shall not extend to hospital facilities located outside its boundaries unless the board of commissioners of the county in which the  facility is located shall by resolution permit any such ordinance to be applicable within its jurisdiction.
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Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.