Title 51, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism

Any such municipality may use for parks, playgrounds, recreational centers and other recreational purposes and activities, any public parks or park areas of such municipality, or any lands or buildings, or both, owned or leased by such municipality; and such municipality may, by …

For any or all of the purposes mentioned in this article, any such municipality, upon the recommendation of its park and recreation board, may purchase on time or partly for cash with balance on time or deferred payments, or otherwise acquire any real property or interest in real…

The governing body of any such municipality may of its own initiative, by resolution or ordinance, establish and constitute in accordance with Section 51-15-170 a park and recreation board for the municipality. If the governing body shall neglect or refuse to proceed to establish…

The park and recreation board shall be composed of five members, who shall be residents of such municipality. The members of the board shall serve without compensation and shall be chosen solely because of their character and fitness. Each of the members first selected shall be c…

The members of the park and recreation board, when such board is constituted in accordance with Section 51-15-170, shall immediately meet and organize by selecting one of the members thereof as president and such other officers as may be necessary, who shall hold office for one y…

As vacancies occur in the membership of the park and recreation board by reason of the expiration of the terms of any of the members, or for any other reason, such vacancies shall be filled by nomination upon a majority vote of the remaining members of the board, which nomination…

Municipalities may make, ordain and establish all necessary and proper rules and police regulations for the protection of property and the preservation of peace, order and propriety of conduct in all public parks owned and maintained by any such municipality, whether situated who…

The members of the park and recreation board of any such municipality may be impeached and removed from office upon the same grounds and in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the impeachment or removal from office of the members of the governing body of the munic…

The planning of a park and recreation system, administration, improvement, development, conduct and supervision of the parks, park areas, street and highway planting, playgrounds, recreational centers and other recreational facilities and activities of each such municipality shal…

The governing body of any such municipality may, in addition to the powers directly vested in the park and recreation board by this article confer upon and delegate to the board, when established and constituted, any other power or authority conferred upon such municipality by th…

Any such municipality, by and through its park and recreation board, may accept any grant or devise of real estate or any gift or bequest of money or other property, or loan of personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for either temporary or…

No member of the park and recreation board of any such municipality, and no person who has been a member of such board within six months from the time of making of any contract in behalf of the municipality by or through the agency of such board, shall be directly or indirectly p…

No member of the park and recreation board of any municipality, and no person who has been a member of such board within six months from the time of making of the sale, shall be directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in the sale of any material or supplies of any kind or c…

No person who has been a member of the park and recreation board within six months from the time of making of the sale or purchase shall be directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in the sale to or purchase from such municipality by or through the agency or instance of such…

Upon petition signed by at least five per cent of those voting at the last election of such municipality requesting the governing body of such municipality to levy annually a special tax, as specified in the petition, for the operation, maintenance, development, equipment of park…

Each year during which there is not levied and collected for such municipality a special tax to be devoted to park and recreation purposes sufficient for such purposes the governing body of each municipality may make an adequate appropriation for such purposes and cause such appr…

Reasonable fees or charges for access to or use or enjoyment of any playgrounds, recreation centers, recreational activities, or other places of recreation so established, maintained, or conducted by any such municipality may be charged and collected.

The municipal courts of such municipalities shall have jurisdiction of all offenses against such rules and regulations and all offenders against them shall be subject to arrest and detention by the police officers of such municipalities in the same manner and to the same extent a…

The governing body of each such municipality shall cause to be set aside and kept maintained a park and recreation fund and cause to be kept an account of all receipts for and disbursements of such fund. The fund shall be kept with the funds of such municipality in such depositor…

All funds received from fees and charges authorized by Section 51-15-290 shall be paid into and become a part of the park and recreation fund of such municipality. The proceeds from the sale of all bonds issued by any such municipality for park and recreation purposes shall be pa…

The park and recreation board of any such municipality shall have no power or authority in behalf of or in the name of such municipality to contract any debts or obligations, except for items in the budget approved by the governing body, and no debts or obligations contracted by …

If, in the opinion of the park and recreation board of any municipality, the funds available for such purposes be inadequate to provide ample, appropriate and suitable land, buildings and equipment of a permanent nature for all the needed parks, park areas, playgrounds, park and …

Any such municipality may, by and through its park and recreation board, join or cooperate with one or more other municipalities or with boards of education in providing, establishing and conducting parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreation facilities and activ…

The park and recreation board, at the end of each fiscal year, shall file with the governing body of such municipality, a full and detailed report of the business and operations of the board for the year thus ending, and make such recommendations to the governing body of the muni…

The provisions of this article may not apply to recreation or playground commissions, boards or systems which were created by special acts of the legislature on or prior to March 31, 1954.

All cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants, as determined by the most recent United States census, may own, buy or receive donations of lands and properties within the city limits, or within twenty miles of the corporate limits of any such city, to be used by the city for…

Any such city or municipality may create corporations, own stock therein and name directors and officers for the management thereof, for the purpose of having the corporations acquire properties in like manner as provided in Section 51-15-510 for the uses set out therein. The Sec…

No city or municipality creating such a corporation or owning the stock therein shall be liable for any act of such corporation or for the debts or obligations thereof, nor shall such city or municipality be liable for any act of any officer or director of any such corporation or…

For tax purposes these properties, whether owned by the municipality or by a corporation created by the municipality, shall be considered just as other municipal property.