Louisiana § RS 46:1060 - District to constitute body corporate; powers
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 46:1060 — District to constitute body corporate; powers, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 46:1060. District to constitute body corporate; powers
Any hospital service district thus created and named by any police jury or any parish in the state shall constitute a body corporate in law with all the powers of a corporation, shall have perpetual existence, shall have the power and right to incur debts and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, and to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the hospital service district was created. Such hospital service district shall have the right and power of expropriating property for the purpose of acquiring land for any purpose that it may find necessary in the operation of a hospital service district and may require by donation or purchase, any existing hospital facility in the district. It shall also have the power and authority to acquire any and all necessary equipment and buildings for the purpose of performing the objects for which it is formed, and shall own all sites and physical facilities which are acquired either by donation, purchase, expropriation, exchange and otherwise in full ownership.
Acts 1950, No. 420, §10.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 46:1060 ("District to constitute body corporate; powers") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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