Private Acts of 1969 Chapter 189

SECTION 1. That the County of Shelby be and it is hereby authorized by and through its Quarterly County Court and Board of Commissioners to enter into contracts with the City of Memphis through its proper authorities for the operation, maintenance and control of the Shelby County Hospital, Oakville Memorial Hospital and the City of Memphis hospitals.

SECTION 2. That there shall be and hereby is established a Board of Hospital Trustees, to be known as the "MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF HOSPITAL TRUSTEES", which shall consist of fifteen (15) members who shall be vested with the power and authority to manage and control the operation of all of said hospitals, both within and without the corporate limits of the City of Memphis. Said Memphis and Shelby County Board of Hospital Trustees shall assume the authority to manage and control the operation of all of said hospitals at such time as the present Boards of Trustees of said hospitals are divested of the power and authority heretofore vested in them by Private Acts of the State of Tennessee and Ordinances and Resolutions of the legislative bodies of Shelby County and the City of Memphis.

SECTION 3. That the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Hospital Trustees herein created shall be vested with authority for the management and control of any and all hospitals presently operated or hereinafter constructed or acquired by Shelby County, either independently of, or jointly with, the City of Memphis.

SECTION 4. That the Quarterly Court of Shelby County and the Board of Commissioners of Shelby County be and they are hereby authorized by agreement with the Mayor and the legislative body of the City of Memphis to create and establish the appointment of, tenure of service, and qualifications of the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Hospital Trustees; such agreement, if made, to be evidenced by an Ordinance passed by the legislative body of the City of Memphis, the terms of such Ordinance shall be embodied in and concurred in by a Resolution of the Quarterly Court of Shelby County.

SECTION 5. That the Quarterly Court of Shelby County be and they are hereby authorized to appropriate and expend such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 6. That Chapter 209, of the Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 387 of the Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 292, of the Private Acts of 1919, Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1927, are repealed insofar as any parts of the same are in conflict with this Act.

SECTION 7. That Chapter 233 of the Private Acts of 1967 is hereby repealed by deleting the following Sections in their entirety: Sections 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 11.

SECTION 8. That the members of the Board of Trustees of the Shelby County Hospital and the Board of Trustees of Oakville Memorial Hospital, all of whom have rendered creditable service to their respective institutions, and the people of Shelby County, be and they are authorized to continue to serve as Advisory Members to the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Hospital Trustees during the remainder of their respective appointive terms.

SECTION 9. That the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable, and if any of its sections, provisions, sentences, phrases, or parts be held unconstitutional or void, the remainder of this Act shall continue in full force and effect, it being the legislative intent now hereby declared that this Act would have been passed even if such unconstitutional or void matter had not been included herein.

SECTION 10. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 11. That this Act shall have no effect unless approved by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Shelby County not more than One Hundred Twenty (120) days subsequent to its approval by the Chief Executive of this State or after its otherwise effective date. Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the Presiding Officer of the Quarterly County Court of Shelby County and shall be certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 12. That this Act shall be effective from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it, but the provisions thereof shall not become operative until validated as provided in Section 11 hereof and as otherwise provided in this Act.

Passed: May 9, 1969.