For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(2) COUNTY. Any county in this state.
(3) MEMBER. The county that is a member of a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article and each municipality that is at the time a member of such corporation.
(4) SECURITIES. Notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness.
(5) HOSPITAL. Such term includes the plural as well as the singular and means any one or more of buildings or facilities which serve to promote the public health, either by providing places or facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, cure or convalescence of sick, injured, mentally ill or disturbed persons, or for the prevention of sickness and disease, or for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics or for research with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hospitals, clinics, sanitoria, nursing homes, offices for persons engaged in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of sick or injured persons or in preventive medicine and buildings to house or service equipment used for the diagnosis or treatment of sick or injured persons or in preventive medicine or the records of such diagnosis or treatment, or research with respect to any of the foregoing or dormitories or residences for hospital personnel and students and other employee-related facilities, together with:
a. All real and personal properties for the location or better utilization of any such buildings and facilities, such as parking structures and areas, garages, storage facilities and out-buildings; and
b. Machinery, equipment, furniture and fixtures useful or desirable in the operation of any of the aforesaid buildings and facilities.
(6) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. With respect to a county, the probate judge as ex officio principal judge of the county commission or the president or chairman of such commission and, with respect to a municipality, the mayor, president or chairman of the commission or other chief executive officer of such municipality.
(7) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, the county commission and, with respect to a municipality, the council, commission or other governing body of such municipality.
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