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HB 99 - Hospitals; sale or lease; public hearing

Jones, Vernon A (71st)	Watson, Stanley (70th)

Status Summary	HC:	H&E	SC:		FR:	01/14/99	LA:	01/15/99	H - Read 2nd Time

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Code Section 31-7-74.3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the sale or lease of a hospital by a hospital authority, so as to provide that a hospital authority may not sell or lease real property unless a public hearing is held; and for other purposes.

HB 99                                              LC 21 5179 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 31-7-74.3 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to the sale or lease of a 
  1- 3  hospital by a hospital authority, so as to provide that a 
  1- 4  hospital authority may not sell or lease real property 
  1- 5  unless a public hearing is held; to provide for the 
  1- 6  disclosure of certain information; to repeal conflicting 
  1- 7  laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 9                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-10  Code Section 31-7-74.3 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-11  Annotated, relating to the sale or lease of a hospital by a 
  1-12  hospital authority, is amended by inserting at the end 
  1-13  thereof the following: 
 
  1-14    "(d) No real property, other than a hospital which is 
  1-15    subject to subsection (a) of this Code section, which is 
  1-16    owned by a hospital authority may be sold or leased to a 
  1-17    for profit entity, a not for profit entity, or another 
  1-18    hospital authority unless a public hearing regarding such 
  1-19    action is held in each county where such real property is 
  1-20    located at least 60 days prior to such sale or lease 
  1-21    becoming effective.  The hospital authority must publish 
  1-22    notice of the hearing at least three times, with the first 
  1-23    such notice appearing at least 60 days prior to the 
  1-24    hearing, in the legal organ of each county in which the 
  1-25    real property is located.  At each such public hearing, 
  1-26    the hospital authority shall describe, discuss, or 
  1-27    otherwise disclose: 
 
  1-28      (1) The reasonably foreseeable adverse and beneficial 
  1-29      effects of such lease or sale upon the area in which the 
  1-30      real property is located; 
 
  1-31      (2) The stated use the prospective purchaser or lessee 
  1-32      intends for the real property; and 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1      (3) The name of the prospective purchaser and, if the 
  2- 2      prospective purchaser is a corporation or a partnership, 
  2- 3      the names of the corporate officers or partnership 
  2- 4      principals." 
 
  2- 5                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 6  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2- 7  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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