§ 11-25-114. Public Instrumentality — Public Nonprofit Corporation
The authority is hereby declared to be performing a public function and to be a public instrumentality. The acquisition, operating and financing of any project by the authority is declared to be for a public and governmental purpose and a matter of public necessity. Accordingly, the authority and all properties at any time owned by […]
§ 11-25-115. Bonds
The authority shall have power and is authorized to issue its bonds in accordance with this chapter and in accordance with the Local Government Public Obligations Law, compiled in title 9, chapter 21, and for such purposes the bonds shall be treated as revenue obligations of the authority under this chapter, in order to finance: […]
§ 11-25-116. Execution in the Name of the Corporation
All leases, contracts, deeds of conveyance, or instruments in writing executed by the authority, shall be executed in the name of the authority by the chair of the authority, or by such other officer as the board of directors of the authority, by resolution, may direct.
§ 11-24-112. Rules and Regulations
Parks and recreation boards created under § 11-24-104(a) or joint systems created under § 11-24-105 are empowered to make, alter, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other property under their control. No rules and regulations adopted shall be contrary to, or […]
§ 11-24-113. Individual Honored by Park, Recreation or Other Property Dedication Need Not Be Deceased
No municipality, recreation board or commission or other authority in which this part vests the power to provide, establish, maintain and conduct a supervised recreation system shall require that any parks, recreation facilities and other property under its control be named in dedication only to individuals who are deceased at the time of such naming.
§ 11-24-201. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation; and “Municipality” means any city, town, metropolitan government, or other political subdivision, including counties, of the state of Tennessee.
§ 11-24-202. Programs Established by Formal Agreements
The governing body of any municipality or the recreation board or commission, as appropriate, may enter into formal agreements with business and civic groups and individuals for volunteer services to maintain and make improvements to real and personal property in municipal parks in accordance with plans devised by the municipality or its recreation board after […]
§ 11-25-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Doe Mountain Recreation Authority Act of 2012.”
§ 11-25-102. Legislative Findings — Purpose — Liberal Construction
It is hereby found and determined that: There is an immediate need to conserve Doe Mountain, an iconic eight thousand six hundred (8,600) acre forested mountain presently under threat from economic distress; It is through conservation of these same Appalachian Mountains, in particular, Doe Mountain, that will give rise to an unparalleled location for family-oriented, […]
§ 11-25-103. Creation and Establishment of the Authority
There is hereby created and established the “Doe Mountain Recreation Authority,” being a public body corporate and politic.