§ 22-21-5 — Incorporation of Public Bodies Created Under Chapter; Powers of Same

Alabama § 22-21-5

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 22: Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control
• Ch. 21: Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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(a) Any public body heretofore or hereafter created and established by ordinance or resolution pursuant to this chapter may become a body corporate and politic under the name set forth in such ordinance or resolution by filing a certified copy of such ordinance or resolution with the Secretary of State, to be recorded in his office. The members of such public body shall constitute the members of the corporation until they are succeeded by other members as provided by said ordinance or resolution. Neither the members of the corporation nor its directors or officers shall be personally liable for the debts, torts or undertakings of the corporation.
(b) The corporations provided for by this section shall have all the power and authority of health care authorities as provided for by Article 11 of this chapter; except, that such corporations shall not have or exercise any power which is inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of the ordinance or resolution under which it came into existence.
(c) This section shall be deemed to be cumulative.

Legislative History

(Acts 1957, No. 63, p. 102; Acts 1991, No. 91-552, p. 1020, §1.)