Creation of a hospital authority.

§ 131E-17. Creation of a hospital authority. (a) A hospital authority may be created whenever a city council or a county board of commissioners finds and adopts a resolution finding that it is in the interest of the public health and welfare to create a hospital authority. (b) After the adoption of a resolution creating a hospital authority, the mayor or the chairman of the county board of commissioners shall appoint commissioners in accordance with G.S. 131E-18. (c) The commissioners shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic upon the completion of the procedures described in G.S. 131E-19.