1. A. Any municipality may enter into an agreement with the county for the construction, maintenance and operation of a county-municipal hospital.
2. B. A municipality or county is authorized to issue, separately, general obligation bonds or revenue bonds for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a joint county-municipal hospital. The bonds shall be issued in the manner provided by law for the issuance of bonds for the construction of public buildings or revenue bonds for the construction of a municipal utility.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-45-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1983, ch. 265, § 14.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For the Tort Claims Act, see 41-4-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

Pleading. — Where a hospital seeks a stay of execution on a judgment, without bond, because an appeal has been taken, and the motion relies upon an affidavit by the hospital administrator which states that the movant is a "county-municipal hospital," the affidavit is deficient where it fails to state either that a city-county organization operated the hospital or that it was not leased to some other entity. Robinson v. Memorial Gen. Hosp., 1982-NMCA-167, 99 N.M. 60, 653 P.2d 891.