When a hospital corporation has been designated as the agency of the county to acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain public hospital facilities in the county, and without restriction to a particular area or portion of the county in which such corporation is to act as such agency, then the proceeds thereafter collected from any such special tax that is a countywide tax for public hospital purposes shall be paid over to the hospital corporation. When a hospital corporation has been designated as the agency of the county to acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain public hospital facilities in a particular area or portion of the county, then the proceeds thereafter collected from any special tax for public hospital purposes that may have been voted in the area of the county for which such corporation shall have been so designated as the county's agency shall be paid over to said hospital corporation. Any proceeds from any special tax for public hospital purposes that shall be paid over to a hospital corporation pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be used by that hospital corporation for any one or more of the purposes for which the said tax shall have been voted; provided, that payment of the proceeds of said tax to the said hospital corporation shall be made only to such extent as will not result in the impairment of the obligation of any contract theretofore made with respect to said tax. When any designation by a county of an agency for public hospital purposes shall have been made pursuant to the provisions of this division, the tax collector shall thereafter collect the special tax that is payable to the said agency under the provisions of this division in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as taxes of the state are collected, shall keep the proceeds of the said tax separate and apart from all other funds, shall keep a clear and distinct account thereof and shall turn the same over to the said hospital corporation, which shall have the duty to receipt therefor.
Last modified: May 3, 2021