NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 863
HOUSE BILL 699

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 131-126.18, 131-126.19 AND 131-126.26 OF CHAPTER 131 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO HOSPITAL FACILITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Subdivision (2) of Section 131-126.18 of Article 13B of Chapter 131 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(2)	'Hospital facility' means any type of hospital, clinic (including mental health clinic), nursing or convalescent facility, or public health center, housing or quarters for local public health departments, including related facilities such as laboratories, out-patient departments, nurses' home and training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals."
Sec. 2.  Section 131-126.19 of Article 13B of said Chapter 131 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof:
"This Article shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers heretofore or hereafter conferred by any other law, including without limitation Chapter 122 of the General Statutes, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of or as repealing any powers now existing under any other law, either general, special or local."
Sec. 3.  The second sentence of Section 131-126.26 of Article 13B of said Chapter 131 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"For the purpose of raising money to be given or loaned as aforesaid, such municipality shall have power to levy taxes as provided in §131-126.22 and to issue general obligation bonds as provided in §131-126.23, as though such taxes were to be levied and such bonds were to be issued to finance hospital facilities owned and operated by the municipality and whether or not such facilities are physically located within the boundaries of the municipality."
Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1965.