{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-17","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-17","heading":"Creation of a hospital authority.","body":"(a)\tA hospital authority may be created whenever a city council or a county board of commissioners finds and adopts a resolution finding that it is in the interest of the public health and welfare to create a hospital authority.\n(b)\tAfter the adoption of a resolution creating a hospital authority, the mayor or the chairman of the county board of commissioners shall appoint commissioners in accordance with G.S. 131E-18.\n(c)\tThe commissioners shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic upon the completion of the procedures described in G.S. 131E-19. (1943, c. 780, s. 4; 1971, c. 799; 1983, c. 775, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 131E. Health Care Facilities and Services.","Article 2. Public Hospitals.","Part 2. Hospital Authority."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_131E/GS_131E-17.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:12Z","sha256":"062deb84aaad520462a0610e1d480904417fd7c11bfba9bcde29a3d6894fc980","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-16","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}