§ 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 […]
§ 11-23-104. Operation and Maintenance for Benefit of Inhabitants
Such governing body has the full power and authority to acquire, maintain, manage and operate such forest for the benefit of the inhabitants of the county, municipality or other political subdivision under such technical supervision as the state forester may prescribe and in accordance with § 11-23-103.
§ 11-21-102. Creation of County Conservation Boards — Alternative Methods of Creating — Members — Terms
Upon petition of not less than two hundred (200) qualified voters in any county to the county legislative body thereof, the county legislative body shall submit to the people of the county at the next general county-wide election the question of whether a county conservation board shall be created as provided for in this chapter. […]
§ 11-21-103. Officers of Board — Meetings — Powers — Annual Report
Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the county conservation board shall organize by selecting from its members a president and secretary and such other officers as are deemed necessary, who shall hold office for the calendar year in which elected and until their successors are selected and qualified. A majority of the members to […]
§ 11-21-104. Powers of Board — Executive Officer
The county conservation board has the custody, control and management of all real and personal property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the county for public parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, county forests, county wildlife areas, and other county conservation and recreation purposes and is authorized and empowered: To study and ascertain the county’s park, […]
§ 11-21-105. Rules and Regulations
The county conservation board may make, alter, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of all parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other property under its control. No rules and regulations adopted shall be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the laws of the state of Tennessee. The board may […]
§ 11-21-106. Appropriations — Tax Levy — Recreation and Conservation Tax — County Conservation Fund — Bonds in Anticipation of Tax
Upon the adoption of any county of this chapter, the legislative body of such county may appropriate an amount of money from the general fund of the county in carrying out its powers and duties, and it may levy or cause to be levied an annual tax, in addition to all other taxes, which tax […]
§ 11-21-107. Cooperation With Federal, State, and Local Agencies
Any county conservation board may cooperate with the federal government or the state government or any department or agency thereof, including the Tennessee Valley authority and the United States army corps of engineers, to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. Any county conservation board may join with any other county board or […]
§ 11-21-108. Use of School Buildings, Grounds or Equipment
Any county board of education or the governing body of any special school district may grant the use of any buildings, grounds, or equipment of the district to any county conservation board for the purpose of carrying out this chapter whenever such use of the school buildings, grounds or equipment for such purposes will not […]