SENATE BILL No. 788

October 24, 2001, Introduced by Senators BULLARD, STEIL, HAMMERSTROM, EMMONS, SHUGARS and GARCIA and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

A bill to amend 1945 PA 47, entitled

"An act to authorize 2 or more cities, townships, and villages,

or any combination of cities, townships, and villages, to incor-

porate a hospital authority for planning, promoting, acquiring,

constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, owning, maintain-

ing, and operating 1 or more community hospitals and related

buildings or structures and related facilities; to provide for

the sale, lease, or other transfer of a hospital owned by a hos-

pital authority to a nonprofit corporation established under the

laws of this state for no or nominal monetary consideration; to

define hospitals and community hospitals; to provide for changes

in the membership therein; to authorize the cities, townships,

and villages to levy taxes for community hospital purposes; to

provide for the issuance of bonds; to provide for the pledge of

assessments; to provide for borrowing money for operation and

maintenance and issuing notes for operation and maintenance; to

validate elections heretofore held and notes heretofore issued;

to validate bonds heretofore issued; to authorize condemnation

proceedings; to grant certain powers of a body corporate; to val-

idate and ratify the organization, existence, and membership of

entities acting as hospital authorities under the act and the

actions taken by hospital authorities and by the members of the

hospital authorities; and to prescribe penalties and provide

remedies,"

by repealing section 8t (MCL 331.8t).

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Enacting section 1. Section 8t of 1945 PA 47, MCL 331.8t,

2 is repealed.

3 Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take

4 effect unless Senate Bill No. 787

5 of the 91st Legislature is enacted into law.

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