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2018 Georgia Code 31-7-77 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 31-7-77 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-7-77

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 7. Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities, 31-7-1 through 31-7-412.

ARTICLE 4 COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES

31-7-77. Prohibition on for-profit projects; rates and charges; utilization of revenues to pay certain obligations.

  1. No authority shall operate or construct any project for profit. It shall fix rates and charges consistent with this declaration of policy and such as will produce revenues only in amounts sufficient, together with all other funds of the authority, to pay principal and interest on certificates and obligations of the authority, to provide for maintenance and operation of the project, and to create and maintain a reserve sufficient to meet principal and interest payments due on any certificates in any one year after the issuance thereof. The authority may provide reasonable reserves for the improvement, replacement, or expansion of its facilities or services.
  2. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section or any other provisions to the contrary, a joint hospital authority established pursuant to Code Section 31-7-72 which operates a hospital containing more than 900 licensed beds shall only utilize revenues to pay principal and interest on certificates and obligations of the authority, to pay pension plan obligations of the authority existing as of January 1, 2013, and for funding projects leased by the authority to a lessee pursuant to a contract entered into in accordance with paragraph (7) of Code Section 31-7-75; provided, however, that no more than 1 percent of revenues shall be utilized to pay for personnel costs for employees or contractors of the authority.

(Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 6; Code 1933, § 88-1806, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 1037, § 1/SB 62.)

The 2013 amendment, effective May 7, 2013, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a); and added subsection (b).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Bradfield v. Hospital Auth., 226 Ga. 575, 176 S.E.2d 92 (1970); Cox Enters., Inc. v. Carroll City/County Hosp. Auth., 247 Ga. 39, 273 S.E.2d 841 (1981); United States v. Hosp. Auth. of Charlton County (In re Hosp. Auth. of Charlton County), 56 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (LRP) 220 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. July 3, 2012).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Authority's right to operate and charge for ambulance service.

- Hospital authority has right to operate ambulance service for transportation of patients to and from the authority's hospital and may make charges for such service. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-176.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 40A Am. Jur. 2d, Hospitals and Asylums, § 3.

C.J.S.

- 41 C.J.S., Hospitals, § 21 et seq.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 31-7-77 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

Richmond County Hospital Authority v. Richmond County

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-11-21

Citation: 336 S.E.2d 562, 255 Ga. 183, 1985 Ga. LEXIS 982

Snippet: any way the mandate set forth in Code Section 31-7-77 specifying that no authority shall operate or construct

Tift County Hospital Authority v. MRS of Tifton, Georgia, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-10-09

Citation: 335 S.E.2d 546, 255 Ga. 164, 1985 Ga. LEXIS 1006

Snippet: §§ 31-6-2; 31-7-5; 31-7-51; 31-7-71; 31-7-75; 31-7-77; 31-7-96 and 31-7-150. We have reviewed those sections