2014 Code of Alabama
Title 22 - HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
Title 1 - HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL GENERALLY.
Section 22-21-350 - Definitions.
The following words and phrases used in this division shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following respective meanings:
(1) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized, and any public hospital corporation reincorporated, pursuant to the provisions of the enabling statute.
(2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the board authorizing an arrangement by which an authority is to furnish office space to a nonhospital-based physician, dentist or other health care professional for use in his private practice.
(3) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. A county, municipality, or educational institution with the governing body of which an application for the incorporation of an authority under the enabling statute, or for the reincorporation of a public hospital corporation thereunder, is filed (and any other county, municipality, or educational institution that may at the time constitute an "authorizing subdivision" within the meaning of the enabling statute).
(4) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority.
(5) DIRECTOR. A member of a board.
(6) ENABLING STATUTE. Act No. 82-418 enacted at the 1982 Regular Session of the Legislature (codified as Article 11 of Chapter 21 of Title 22, as amended).
(7) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CREDIT RATING AGENCY. Any credit rating agency that is nationally recognized for skill and expertise in rating the credit of obligations similar to securities issued by an authority (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., and Standard & Poor's Corporation).
(8) SECURITIES. Bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of indebtedness or other evidences of indebtedness, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) notes issued in anticipation of the sale of any of the foregoing.
The term "federal securities," as used in this division, shall have the same meaning given it in the enabling statute.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-745, p. 1458, §1; Act 2003-249, p. 606, §1.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
