§ 11-24-111. Proceeds From Amusement Facilities — Restoration of Historic Structures
Any municipality, county or metropolitan government which rents, leases, or otherwise makes available to any private entity or person, space within a public park for the operation of a sports or amusement facility operated for profit, shall be entitled to devote a portion of the proceeds it receives from the operation of such facility for […]
§ 11-24-102. Dedication and Acquisition of Property for Recreational Purposes
The governing body of any city or town, or county, or any school district, may dedicate and set apart for use as playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational purposes, any lands or buildings, or both, owned or leased by such municipality and not dedicated or devoted to another and inconsistent public use, and such municipality […]
§ 11-24-103. Operation and Maintenance of Parks, and Recreational Facilities and Programs
A municipality has the power to operate and maintain parks and recreation facilities and to conduct recreation programs. This power includes the power to appropriate funds for these purposes. A municipality shall use one (1) and only one (1) of the following methods to operate and maintain parks and recreation facilities and to conduct recreation […]
§ 11-21-110. Dissolution of Boards
A county conservation board created by petition and election as provided for in § 11-21-102 may only be dissolved after an election on the issue of dissolution. In the case that there has been an election on the issue of dissolution and a majority of the voters vote for dissolution, the board shall not be […]
§ 11-21-111. Board to Provide Assistance to Small Cities and Towns
The county conservation board shall be considered the parks and recreation providing agency for certain small cities and towns excluded from the general application of chapter 24 of this title. Such boards shall work cooperatively with these cities and towns. A small city or town desiring parks and recreation services shall enter into an agreement […]
§ 11-21-112. Joint Municipal or County Systems
To effect § 11-21-107 and this chapter, county conservation boards desiring to cooperate with the conservation board of another county or with the parks and recreation board of a municipality, created pursuant to § 11-24-104(a), or with a municipality operating a parks and recreation system created under § 11-24-103, shall enter into an agreement pursuant […]
§ 11-22-101. Lakes — Counties May Acquire Suitable Areas
The legislative body of any county is authorized to acquire, by gift or purchase, any natural lakes or lands suitable for the construction of lakes, and to hold fee simple title in the name of the county.
§ 11-23-101. Counties, Municipalities or Other Political Subdivisions Authorized to Acquire Lands for Forestry Purposes
Counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state are authorized to acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise lands within the boundaries of the state and to use the same for forestry purposes.
§ 11-23-102. Appropriation or Bond Issue — Public Notice
The governing body of the county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state may appropriate money or issue bonds pursuant to title 9, chapter 21, for the purchase of lands for the purposes herein provided, to establish forest plantations or for the care and management of forests. Such governing body may undertake such work […]
§ 11-23-103. Rules and Provisions for Administration and Maintenance
Upon the acquisition of any forests or of lands suitable for such under this chapter, the governing body shall notify the state forester who shall make such rules for the government and proper administration of the same as may be necessary. The governing body shall thereupon publish such rules, declare the uses of the forest […]