N.Y. General Municipal Law § 126: Establishment of public general hospitals

§ 126. Establishment of public general hospitals. The governing board

of any county, town, city or village may by resolution determine that

there shall be in said county, town, city or village a public general

hospital for the care and treatment of the sick and in any county not

having a tuberculosis hospital established under sections forty-five to

forty-nine-e, both inclusive, of the county law, said public general

hospital may include a pavilion or other provision for the care of

tuberculosis patients. In any city in which a board of estimate and

apportionment or other board is required to approve appropriations for

public purposes, the resolution of the governing board to establish a

public general hospital shall be effective only after the necessary

appropriation for lands and buildings for such public general hospital

shall have been approved by said board of estimate and apportionment or

other board, in the same manner and by the same vote by which it is

required by law to approve other appropriations for public purposes.

When the governing board of any county, town, city or village shall have

voted to establish a public general hospital, such governing board shall

have the following powers:

1. To purchase and lease real property therefor, or acquire such real

property and easements therein by condemnation proceedings in the manner

prescribed in the condemnation law, in any locality within the

jurisdiction of such governing board.

2. To cause to be assessed, levied and collected such sums of money as

shall have been approved as hereinabove provided for suitable lands and

buildings, and as it shall deem necessary for equipment and improvements

for said hospital, and for the maintenance thereof, and for all other

necessary expenditures therefor; or such governing board may finance

expenditures for the erection of such hospital and for the purchase of a

site therefor pursuant to the provisions of the local finance law, and

may transfer such moneys so appropriated to the treasurer of such

hospital, subject to such regulations as to audit thereof by such

governing board as it may deem proper when such board of managers have

appointed a treasurer as hereinafter provided for.

3. To accept and hold in trust for the county, town, city or village

of which it is the governing board, any grant or devise of land, or any

gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to

be applied, principal or income, or both, for the benefit of said

hospital, and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift.

4. Such governing board may also adopt a resolution authorizing the

board of managers of such hospital to elect a treasurer, who shall be

bonded, and who shall establish an account in a bank or banks in the

name of such hospital and deposit in such account all money received or

collected by such hospital and pay therefrom all bills, accounts, and

salaries and wages, when approved by the board of managers of such

hospital, within the budget limits, by resolution subject to such

regulations as the governing board may deem proper; provided, however,

that the proceeds, inclusive of premiums, from the sale of bonds, bond

anticipation notes, capital notes or budget notes shall be deposited in

a special account in a bank or trust company located and authorized to

do business in this state, shall not be commingled with other funds, and

shall be expended only for the object or purpose for which such

obligations were issued.