1997 Minnesota Statutes

     376.08 Counties, appropriations for hospitals and 
  nursing homes. 

    Subdivision 1.    Appropriations.  Except as provided in 
 subdivision 2, the board of county commissioners in any county 
 with a population of 50,000 or less may appropriate up to 
 $65,000 annually from the general revenue fund of the county for 
 the acquisition of lands for hospital purposes, and the 
 construction, improvement, alterations, equipment and 
 maintenance of hospitals within the county.  The board may also 
 appropriate up to $25,000 from the general revenue fund of the 
 county for the acquisition of land and construction of 
 municipally owned nursing homes within the county.  

    Subd. 2.    Remodeling or additions.  A county hospital 
 may by majority vote of its board of commissioners enter into 
 projects for the construction of an addition or remodeling to 
 its presently existing facility or the acquisition of equipment 
 as described in this subdivision without complying with the 
 dollar limitation of subdivision 1 or the election requirements 
 of section 376.03.  This subdivision applies only to projects in 
 which the funds for the project are derived from dedicated, 
 restricted, or other designated accounts or the hospital's 
 depreciation fund and do not require incurring debt by the 
 county through the issuance of bonds or otherwise.  An addition 
 to a current hospital under this subdivision may include 
 construction of buildings physically separate from the present 
 hospital building, as well as additions to the present building, 
 if the new buildings are constructed on the hospital's existing 
 premises. 

    This subdivision does not affect the ability of the 
 hospital board to approve funds for improvements or remodeling 
 of a hospital facility under other law. 

    Subd. 3.    Limitation on hospital capacity.  Section 
 144.551 applies to any project authorized by subdivision 2.  
 Subdivision 2 does not authorize an increase in the license 
 capacity of the hospital or the licensing, relocation, or 
 redistribution of hospital beds except as provided by section 
 144.551, subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 

    HIST: (684, 685) 1909 c 210 s 1,2; 1915 c 326 s 1,2; 1949 c 
 419 s 1; 1955 c 275 s 1; 1957 c 453 s 1; 1965 c 72 s 1; 1967 c 
 372 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 1992 c 380 s 1