1. (a) If the city legislative body of a city having a city hospital determines that the city hospital's buildings and facilities are or will soon become insufficient to serve the needs of the residents of the city and of the county in which the city is located, the city legislative body may, by ordinance, do any of the following:

   1. (1) Provide for the construction of any of the following:

      1. (A) Buildings at the same or a different location to replace or supplement the hospital building.
      2. (B) An extension and addition to any hospital building.
   2. (2) Provide for the alteration, improvement, remodeling, or repair of any hospital building and grounds.
   3. (3) Provide for the acquisition by condemnation, purchase, or donation of additional real property.

2. (b) The city fiscal body may, by ordinance, appropriate or borrow the necessary money and issue bonds of the city. The city fiscal body shall annually levy a sufficient tax on all taxable property in the city to pay the principal of the bonds that will mature in the ensuing calendar year and the interest payments due in the ensuing calendar year on all outstanding bonds of that issue. The appropriations and bonds may include the cost of architects' services and any preliminary proceedings, legal services, and other incidental expense in connection with the project.

   [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-25(a), (b).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.