GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 982
AN ACT RELATING TO CABARRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 307 of the Public-Local Laws of 1935, as amended, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Sec. 12.1. (a) Notwithstanding anything herein or elsewhere in the laws of this State to the contrary, so long as (i) there are no county bonds issued for the benefit of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital outstanding; (ii) there is no county tax levy for the direct benefit of the hospital; and (iii) the Executive Committee of the hospital operates Cabarrus Memorial Hospital as an acute care general hospital open to the general public free of discrimination based upon race, creed, color, sex or national origin and on a nonprofit basis, the provisions of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina relating to public hospitals, and any other provisions of the General Statutes relating to public hospitals, shall not be applicable to Cabarrus Memorial Hospital and its Executive Committee.
(b) As long as the conditions of subsection (a) of this section continue to be satisfied, the Executive Committee of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital may operate Cabarrus Memorial Hospital in the same manner as private nonprofit corporations operate acute care hospitals in this State without the limitations and restrictions applicable to public hospitals under the laws of this State; and that the Executive Committee may provide for the governance of the hospital in such manner as it deems in the best interest of the hospital."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of July, 1990.