§ 126-a. Joint hospitals for cities, towns or villages. Two cities in\nthe same county or adjoining counties, or a city and one or more\nvillages located within the same county or adjoining counties or two or\nmore villages located within the same county or adjoining counties or\ntwo or more towns in the same county or adjoining counties or a city and\none or more towns located within the same county or adjoining counties\nor one or more towns and one or more villages (including a village or\nvillages within one or more of such towns) located within the same\ncounty or adjoining counties, subject to approval at a general county,\ntown, city or village election in each of said counties, towns, cities\nor villages, by a majority of the voters qualified to vote and voting\nupon the proposition therefor, may jointly acquire real property by\npurchase, lease or condemnation for the purpose of this article and\nestablish, construct, equip, maintain and operate for such\nmunicipalities jointly in accordance with the provisions of this\narticle, a public general hospital for the care and treatment of the\nsick, and by appropriate resolution and subject to like approval by the\nvoters as provided in this section, any two cities, towns or villages as\nabove specified, may by appropriate action of the governing board,\ncreate a joint hospital for such cities, towns or villages as above\nspecified of any existing hospital, established, constructed, equipped\nand operated by one of such cities, towns or villages and enlarge or add\nthereto.\n The ordinance, local law or resolution providing for such joint\naction, either in the establishment of a new joint hospital or the\ncreation of a joint hospital or addition thereto, of one already\nexisting by one of such cities, towns, and villages, shall be adopted by\nthe local governing board of a city, town or village of each\nmunicipality and the board of managers as specified in section one\nhundred twenty-seven hereof shall be composed of members appointed by\nthe supervisor of the town, the mayor of the city, or the mayor of the\nvillage of each of said cities, towns or villages in proportion to the\nratio of the assessed value of each of the cities, towns, or villages to\nthe other; or in the event that any such city joins with an adjoining\ntown or towns, village or villages, to effectuate the purposes of this\nsection, and the proportion of cost, debt service and operating expenses\nto be borne by each such municipality is fixed by agreement in the\naggregate in the ratio which the equalized assessed valuation of each\nsuch municipality bears to the total equalized assessed valuation of all\nmunicipalities joining in such project, or is fixed by agreement so that\nsuch city shall bear a greater proportion and the remaining\nparticipating municipalities a lesser proportion thereof respectively,\nthen the apportionment of the number of members of the board of managers\nas specified in section one hundred twenty-seven hereof shall be\ndetermined by the ratios established by such agreement. The ordinance,\nlocal law or resolution may specify matters as to which the action of\nthe board of trustees shall require the joint approval of such governing\nbodies or boards. The ordinance, local law or resolution also shall\nprescribe the proportions of the cost of such project to be borne by the\nmunicipalities respectively, based upon the ratio of the assessed value\nof each city, town or village to the whole. In a town, wholly or partly\ncontaining a village or villages joining with it for the purposes of\nthis section, the proportion of the cost of such project to be borne by\nsuch town may, however, be based upon the ratio that the assessed\nvaluation of such town outside such village or villages bears to the\nwhole. The moneys to be paid shall be provided in the same manner as\nhereinbefore prescribed in this article. The ordinance, local law or\nresolution of the governing board may be amend
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