NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 147

HOUSE BILL 518

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW FORSYTH COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, INC., AND WAKE COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC., TO BE SELF-INSURED OR TO PURCHASE INSURANCE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Forsyth County Hospital Authority, Inc., and the Wake County Hospital System, Inc., nonprofit corporations established pursuant to Chapter 55A of the North Carolina General Statutes, are hereby authorized to self-insure or purchase insurance pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 97-7 and to be included with the municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and subordinate governmental agencies that self-insure or purchase insurance in accordance with G.S. 97-7.

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to Wake County and Forsyth County.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of April, 1977.