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Cities, counties, and certain local bodies may create and support parks, playgrounds, and recreation centers, including related facilities like zoos and museums.
City legislative bodies and county fiscal courts may create park, playground, and recreation systems, and may delegate that power to certain boards.
A city legislative body or county fiscal court may create a playground and recreation board or parks, playground and recreation board if it decides to use that board to run parks and recreation services.
This section lets certain local governments create a joint board to run parks and recreation systems, and requires specified board setup, appointment, and funding rules.
An authority that runs parks, playgrounds, or recreation centers may accept gifts or land for recreation purposes, and money received for those purposes must be deposited as directed unless the gift terms say otherwise.
City and county authorities may use general-fund money to expand, equip, maintain, and operate supervised park, playground, and recreation facilities when those systems are established under the cited provisions.
A playground and recreation board, or a board under KRS 97.030 or 97.035, may issue revenue bonds for parks, playgrounds, and recreation centers, with related appurtenances.
This section was repealed in 1980.
This section was repealed in 1980.
This section was repealed in 1980; its historical catchline said cities may appropriate money and accept grants for park purposes.
The city may set charges for use of park facilities by ordinance, and may delegate that power to the commission.
Counties may create or join a regional park authority, which may levy limited taxes and exercise listed powers, and it must follow KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.
Cities of all classes may establish and operate municipal recreational projects, including related facilities, under KRS 97.100 to 97.240.
A city that is establishing or acquiring a recreational project and wants to maintain and operate it must do so by ordinance and appoint a city recreational commission.
This section sets how a city recreational committee is formed, who appoints and approves members, what members must be, and what the commission may do with rules and fees.
Property a city acquires for certain recreational projects, and fees for admission to or use of those projects, are exempt from taxation.
A city that establishes a recreational project may buy or acquire needed land and related property, and title must be taken in the city’s name.
A city may borrow money and issue bonds to finance a recreational project, and the bonds must be structured as the section allows.
Bonds issued under KRS 97.150 are negotiable and tax-exempt, must be sold on terms the city’s legislative body deems best, and must be paid only from project revenue funds.
Money from these bonds must be used only for the recreational project, with limited temporary uses allowed for bond interest and short-term opening expenses.
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