§ 131E-14.1. Branch facilities. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 131E‑14.1. Branch facilities.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article, any municipality owning andoperating a hospital organized under the provisions of this Part or Part 3 orany nonprofit corporation which leases or operates a hospital facility pursuantto an agreement with the municipality may erect, remodel, enlarge, purchase,finance, and operate branches and related facilities within this State butoutside the boundaries of the county subject to the following limitations:

(1)        No moneys derived from the exercise by the owningmunicipality of its power of taxation shall be expended on facilities locatedoutside its boundaries;

(2)        No moneys derived from the issuance by the owningmunicipality of its bonds or notes shall be expended on facilities locatedoutside its boundaries;

(3)        The owning municipality shall not possess the power ofeminent domain or have the right of condemnation with respect to hospitalfacilities located outside its boundaries; and

(4)        The power conferred on counties by G.S. 153A‑169 andG.S. 153A‑170 to adopt ordinances regulating the use of county‑ownedproperty and parking on county‑owned property shall not extend tohospital facilities located outside its boundaries unless the board ofcommissioners of the county in which the facility is located shall byresolution permit any such ordinance to be applicable within its jurisdiction.

(5),       (6) Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c.676, s. 1. (1983, c. 578, s.1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 676, s. 1.)