DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location, either inside or outside the district, of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system and ancillary health care services system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings, facilities, or equipment on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.

(c) The district may acquire, by purchase, lease, or lease to purchase, equipment for use in the district's hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase or lease price. A contract entered into under this subsection must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(d) The district may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The board may not sell or otherwise dispose of any real property unless the board affirmatively finds that the sale, lease, or disposition is in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.