Private Acts of 1996 Chapter 166

SECTION 1. Chapter 626 of the Private Acts of 1937; Chapter 190 of the Private Acts of 1961; Chapter 354 of the Private Acts of 1974; Chapter 169 of the Private Acts of 1979 and Chapter 58 of the Private Acts of 1989, and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to hospital districts and related funds in Lauderdale County, are repealed.

SECTION 2. All moneys in the hospital maintenance fund of Lauderdale County and all proceeds from the sale of any property formerly in the custody of the Lauderdale County General Hospital District shall be transferred by the County Trustee to the county general fund of Lauderdale County, to be appropriated and used for such purposes as the County Legislative Body of Lauderdale County shall determine.

SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Legislative Body of Lauderdale County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county and certified to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 3.

Passed: April 4, 1996.