N.Y. General Municipal Law Section 126
Establishment of public general hospitals

The governing board of any county, town, city or village may by resolution determine that there shall be in said county, town, city or village a public general hospital for the care and treatment of the sick and in any county not having a tuberculosis hospital established under sections forty-five to forty-nine-e, both inclusive, of the county law, said public general hospital may include a pavilion or other provision for the care of tuberculosis patients. In any city in which a board of estimate and apportionment or other board is required to approve appropriations for public purposes, the resolution of the governing board to establish a public general hospital shall be effective only after the necessary appropriation for lands and buildings for such public general hospital shall have been approved by said board of estimate and apportionment or other board, in the same manner and by the same vote by which it is required by law to approve other appropriations for public purposes. When the governing board of any county, town, city or village shall have voted to establish a public general hospital, such governing board shall have the following powers:

1.

To purchase and lease real property therefor, or acquire such real property and easements therein by condemnation proceedings in the manner prescribed in the condemnation law, in any locality within the jurisdiction of such governing board.

2.

To cause to be assessed, levied and collected such sums of money as shall have been approved as hereinabove provided for suitable lands and buildings, and as it shall deem necessary for equipment and improvements for said hospital, and for the maintenance thereof, and for all other necessary expenditures therefor; or such governing board may finance expenditures for the erection of such hospital and for the purchase of a site therefor pursuant to the provisions of the local finance law, and may transfer such moneys so appropriated to the treasurer of such hospital, subject to such regulations as to audit thereof by such governing board as it may deem proper when such board of managers have appointed a treasurer as hereinafter provided for.

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To accept and hold in trust for the county, town, city or village of which it is the governing board, any grant or devise of land, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the benefit of said hospital, and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift.

4.

Such governing board may also adopt a resolution authorizing the board of managers of such hospital to elect a treasurer, who shall be bonded, and who shall establish an account in a bank or banks in the name of such hospital and deposit in such account all money received or collected by such hospital and pay therefrom all bills, accounts, and salaries and wages, when approved by the board of managers of such hospital, within the budget limits, by resolution subject to such regulations as the governing board may deem proper; provided, however, that the proceeds, inclusive of premiums, from the sale of bonds, bond anticipation notes, capital notes or budget notes shall be deposited in a special account in a bank or trust company located and authorized to do business in this state, shall not be commingled with other funds, and shall be expended only for the object or purpose for which such obligations were issued.

Source: Section 126 — Establishment of public general hospitals, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GMU/126 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

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Contracts for purification of water and sewerage 120‑A
Contracts for sewerage disposal 120‑AA
Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials 120‑B
Supervision of sewage system 120‑BB
Town of Huntington solid waste management resource recovery facility 120‑C
Obligations and privileges relating to sewerage contracts 120‑CC
Enforcement of unpaid solid waste collection and/or disposal fee 120‑D
Officers of meeting 120‑E
By whom proposed district represented 120‑F
Contract 120‑G
Apportionment of cost 120‑H
Further provisions as to apportionment of cost 120‑I
Means of payment 120‑K
Payments 120‑L
Letting of contracts 120‑M
Application of other laws to procedure 120‑N
Maps and plans of sewers 120‑O
Definitions 120‑P
Referendum in cities and villages 120‑Q
Rules and regulations 120‑R
Cancellation of sewerage contracts for neglect 120‑S
Joint meeting for acquisition and operation of property 120‑T
Town and village may establish a joint water district 120‑U
Mutual aid for water service 120‑V
Contracts for disposal of sewage outside the state 120‑W
Contracts and agreements for solid waste management, collection and disposal 120‑X
Agreements for joint acquisition, construction and operation of public docks 120‑Z
Sewer hook-ups by private contractors 121
Establishment and maintenance of free public baths 121‑A
Creation of village and town police department in certain towns and villages 121‑B
Care of children admitted to certain places of amusement in certain cities, villages and towns under a local law or ordinance 122
Refusal to take persons to hospital prohibited 122‑B
General ambulance services 122‑C
Transport of police work dogs injured in the line of duty 123
Erection and operation of life-saving apparatus 124
Inspection of building elevators in Nassau county 125
Issuance of building permits 125‑A
Posting signs on dead-end roads 126
Establishment of public general hospitals 126‑A
Joint hospitals for cities, towns or villages 126‑B
Public hospitals for chronically ill 126‑B*2
Establishment of Broome county nursing home 126‑C
Appointment to board of managers of county hospital 127
Appointment and terms of office of managers 128
General powers and duties of managers 128‑A
Petty cash fund 129
General powers and duties of superintendent 129‑A
Erie county 130
Admission and maintenance of patients 131
Training school for nurses 132
Room for detention and examination of persons who are suspected of being mentally ill 133
Visitation and inspection 134
Existing county, town, city or village public general hospitals 135
Application of preceding sections 135‑A
Workshops in connection with hospitals and facilities for the aged 135‑B
Departments of occupational therapy in connection with public general hospitals and tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria 135‑C
Prenatal and maternity care 136
Regulation of automobile junk yards 139‑C
Sheltered workshops 139‑D
Storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives
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Accessed:
May 4, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 126’s source at nysenate​.gov

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