The certificate of incorporation of any public corporation incorporated under this article shall state:
(1) The name of the corporation, which shall be Hospital Authority of _____ (or space to be filled in with the names of the county and of the municipality or municipalities which are to be members thereof, or with the name of any hospital proposed to be acquired by the corporation or with such other descriptive name as in the judgment of the members of the corporation is appropriate);
(2) The names of the county and the municipality or municipalities which are to be members of the corporation;
(3) The dates of adoption by the governing bodies of the county and such municipality or municipalities of their respective resolutions authorizing the incorporation of the corporation;
(4) The location of the principal office of the corporation and its post office address;
(5) The period for the duration of the corporation; if the duration is to be perpetual, that fact shall be stated; and
(6) The objects for which the corporation is organized, including, if appropriate, the name of any existing hospital the ownership or operation of which is proposed to be acquired and assumed by the corporation.
The certificate of incorporation may also include any provision or provisions for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the corporation which are not inconsistent with this article and the laws of the State of Alabama. The certificate of incorporation shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The certificate of incorporation shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county which is to be a member of the corporation, and said judge of probate shall forthwith file such certificate and record the same; and thereupon the corporation described in said certificate of incorporation shall constitute a public corporation under the name stated in the certificate of incorporation. As soon thereafter as convenient, the judge of probate shall transmit a copy of the certificate of incorporation to the Secretary of State.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities.
Section 22-21-170 - Definitions.
Section 22-21-171 - Purpose and Construction of Article.
Section 22-21-172 - Incorporation - Authority.
Section 22-21-173 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Acknowledgment; Filing.
Section 22-21-174 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment.
Section 22-21-175 - Board of Directors.
Section 22-21-176 - Officers; Personnel.
Section 22-21-177 - Formation of Other Corporations.
Section 22-21-178 - Governmental Sovereignty or Immunity.
Section 22-21-179 - Powers of Corporation.
Section 22-21-180 - Eminent Domain.
Section 22-21-181 - Transfer of Funds and Assets by Counties and Municipalities.
Section 22-21-183 - Disposition of Proceeds From Borrowing.
Section 22-21-184 - Refunding Securities.
Section 22-21-185 - Fiduciary Investment.
Section 22-21-186 - Corporation Tax Exempt.
Section 22-21-187 - Publication of Financial Statement.
Section 22-21-188 - Provisions Exclusive.
Section 22-21-190 - Applicability of State Competitive Bid Law, Etc.