GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 1184*

Short Title:  Hospital Governing Authority.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Wright.

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Referred to:  Judiciary III.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE MEMBERS OF A HOSPITAL AUTHORITY BOARD ARE A PUBLIC BODY AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE AND BE SUED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 131E-9 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"( d)	The members of a board established by a municipality pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or a hospital authority established by a county board of commissioners pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, are a public body and a body corporate and politic and have the right to sue and be sued."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.