§ 4-48A-20 — Hospital revenue bonds; authority to issue; pledge of

revenues. A. A special hospital district may issue revenue bonds pursuant to the Special Hospital District Act for the purposes of: (1) constructing, acquiring or purchasing a hospital facility for the special hospital district; (2) equipping, furnishing, remodeling or renovating a hospital facility owned or operated by the special hospital district; or (3) purchasing or acquiring real property deemed necessary to the construction, operation or maintenance of a hospital facility owned or operated by the special hospital district. B. The special hospital district may pledge irrevocably all or a portion of the revenues derived from the ownership and operation of a hospital facility and revenues derived from the leasing of or other contractual arrangement for the operation of a hospital facility for the payment of principal of and interest on such revenue bonds. C. For the purpose of the Special Hospital District Act, "equipping" or "re-equipping" means the purchase or lease of property of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 § 167 and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended.

Legislative History

1978 Comp., § 4-48A-20, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 84, § 11.