§ 22-1. Contracts between political subdivisions and hospital authorities; levying of taxes.

The City of Atlanta, Fulton County, and DeKalb County, or either of these political subdivisions, may jointly and severally, by a majority vote of the governing body, or bodies, of the respective political subdivisions, enter into contracts each with the other, or with a duly authorized and created hospital authority, and assume thereby definite and fixed future liabilities or obligations for the period of time provided under and in furtherance of the general powers and obligations pertaining to hospitalization authorized by Ga. Const. (1877) art. VII, § VI, ¶ III and may agree to levy and levy and collect a tax within the millage limitation as prescribed by the Hospital Authority Act, 1941 Ga. Laws, page 241 et seq. [now repealed—see now O.C.G.A. § 31-7-70 et seq.] and any amendments thereto, for the purpose of complying with the terms of any contract so entered into; such contracts so entered into, and the liabilities or obligations arising thereunder shall not require an election for that purpose, and such liabilities or obligations so assumed thereby shall not be deemed within the debt limitation provision of the Constitution.

(1943 Ga. Laws (Act No. 315), page 18, § 1)

Editor's note

The above amendment to Ga. Const. (1877), art. VII, § VII, ¶ I was continued in full force and effect by 1986 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1192), page 4783. See Ga. Const. art. XI, § I, ¶ IV.