Section 23704.

Section 501(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to cooperative hospital service organizations, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(a) References to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to charitable organizations, shall be modified to refer to Section 23701d.

(b) References to Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to exemptions, shall be modified to refer to Section 23701.

(c) The services which may be provided under Section 501(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code shall include laundry services.

(d) Section 501(e)(1)(B)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting the phrase "owned and operated by the United States, the State, or a county or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing" for the phrase "owned and operated by the United States, a State, the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States, or a political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing."

(e) References to Section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the deductibility of contributions to hospitals, shall be modified to refer to subdivision (e) of Section 23736.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 252, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2001.)