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1968 Colorado Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1968)

handle is hein.sag/sagco0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DEPARTMENT OF LAW
DUKE W. DUNBAR           OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    FRANK E. HICKEY
ATTORNEY GENERAL           DENVER, COLORADO  8C203       DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
December 18, 1968
John A. Price, Esa.
452 Main Street
Walden, Colorado 80480
Dear Mr. Price:
This is in response to your request mad3 on behalf of the.
Board of Directors of the North Park Hospital District for an
opinion concerning the following:
FACTS: The North Park Hospital District, organized under
Article 14, Chapter 89. CRS 1963. as amended, has been accumu-
lating funds for the purpose of establishing a hospital, but has
not yet established one, The hospital district has maintained
and operated a county owned ambulance. and is now considering
expending part of its accumulated funds for the purchase of a
new ambulance. There is no other ambulance service, public or
private, available in the district.
QUESTION: Can a hospital district lawfully purchase,
operate and maintain an anibulance using funds raised by the
mill levy of the district, prior to the establishment of a pub-
lic hospital in the district?
CONCLUSION: Yes.
ANALYSIS:  CRS 1963, 89-14-5, outlines the general powers
of the board, stating:
A1) The board of directors shall have the
following powers:
(2) To acquire, hold, and convey real and
.personal property for hospital purposes within
said district:
(3) To establish and iaintain a public
hospital or hospitals in said district;

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