The purposes of this chapter are to create a county conservation board and to authorize counties to acquire, develop, maintain, and make available to the inhabitants of the county, public parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreational centers, county forests, wildlife areas and other conservation areas, and to promote and preserve the health and general welfare of […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The departments of environment and conservation and education shall advise with and may assist any county or counties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
