The governing body of any municipality, school district, or park district, pursuant to law, may provide that the bonds of such municipality, school district, or park district may be issued in the manner provided by law for the issuance of bonds for other purposes, for the purpose of acquiring lands or buildings for community centers, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational and character-building purposes and for the equipment thereof.
40-55-06. Establishing recreation board or commission - Members - Terms - Vacancy - Compensation. If the governing body of any municipality, school district, or park district determines that a public recreation system shall be established, the governing body shall by resolution or ordinance establish in such municipality, school district, or park district a recreation board or commission that shall possess all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities of the local authorities under this chapter. The members of the recreation board or commission shall be appointed by the mayor or presiding officer of the municipality, park district, or school district that establishes the recreation system. The recreation board or commission when established shall consist of at least five but not more than nine persons, as the governing body may determine, to be appointed by the mayor or presiding officer of the municipality, park district, or school district, with the consent of the governing body. One member of the recreation board or commission must be chosen from the legal membership of the park district board, or board of park commissioners of the area involved, one member must be chosen from the membership of the governing body of the municipality, and one member must be chosen from the legal membership of the school district board or boards involved. The remaining members must be chosen at large from the largest geographic area represented by the municipality, park district, or school district involved. The term of office of all members of such recreation board or commission shall be for three years except that the members of such recreation board or commission first appointed shall be for staggered terms so that the terms of at least one but not more than three members expire annually. If a vacancy occurs during the term of office of any member, the mayor or presiding officer of the municipality, school district, or park district involved, with the consent of the governing body, shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired term. Membership on the recreation board or commission shall be without compensation or remuneration.
40-55-07. Governing body, board, or commission may accept grants of real estate and money - Conditions. The governing body of a municipality, school district, or park district, recreation board or commission, or other authority in which is vested the power to provide, establish, maintain, and conduct such supervised recreation system may accept any grant or devise of real estate or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property or any donation to be applied, principal or income, for either temporary or permanent use for playgrounds or recreation purposes, but if the acceptance thereof for such purposes will subject such municipality, school district, or park district, to additional expense for improvement, maintenance, or removal, the acceptance of any grant or devise of real estate shall always be subject to the approval of the governing body of such municipality, school district, or park district. Money received for such purpose, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the gift or bequest shall be deposited with the treasurer of the governing body to the account of the recreation board or commission or other body having charge of such work, and the same may be withdrawn and paid out by such body in the same manner as money appropriated for recreation purposes.