§ 131E-14. 1. Branch facilities.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article, any municipality owning and operating a hospital organized under the provisions of this Part or Part 3 or any nonprofit corporation which leases or operates a hospital facility pursuant to an agreement with the municipality may erect, remodel, enlarge, purchase, finance, and operate branches and related facilities within this State but outside the boundaries of the county subject to the following limitations: (1)No moneys derived from the exercise by the owning municipality of its power of taxation shall be expended on facilities located outside its boundaries; (2)No moneys derived from the issuance by the owning municipality of its bonds or notes shall be expended on facilities located outside its boundaries; (3)The owning municipality shall not possess the power of eminent domain or have the right of condemnation with respect to hospital facilities located outside its boundaries; and (4)The power conferred on counties by G.S. 153A-169 and G.S. 153A-170 to adopt ordinances regulating the use of county-owned property and parking on county-owned property shall not extend to hospital facilities located outside its boundaries unless the board of commissioners of the county in which the facility is located shall by resolution permit any such ordinance to be applicable within its jurisdiction. (5), (6) Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 676, s. 1, effective July 1, 1994. History: History.1983, c. 578, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 676, s. 1.