Sec. 37. (a) The governing board may design, order, contract for, and execute the following:

(1) The construction of other buildings at the same or a different location to replace or supplement a hospital building.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-23-1-37

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) The construction of an adequate and a proper extension and addition to a hospital building.

(3) The alteration, improvement, repair, and remodeling of a hospital building and grounds.

(4) The acquisition by condemnation, purchase, or donation of additional real property.

(5) The purchasing, construction, remodeling, enlargement, or acquisition in any lawful manner of a building for a hospital purpose.

     (b) The governing board shall perform duties and exercise powers authorized by ordinances adopted by the fiscal body of the city or county for the appropriation of adequate funds or the borrowing of money by issuance and sale of the bonds of the city or county.

     (c) Except as provided in IC 36-1-12-1(c) or in this chapter, the governing board is governed by all applicable statutes for third class cities in the making of repairs, construction, improvement, extension, or addition of or to the hospital, including the acquisition or condemnation of real property.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-27.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.