The county conservation board may make and change park rules, designate certain officers, and must follow notice or approval steps before rules take effect in some counties.
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 designate the executive officer and such employees as the executive officer may designate as police officers who shall have all the powers conferred by law on police officers, peace officers, or sheriffs in the enforcement of the laws of the state of Tennessee and the apprehension of violators thereof. In counties having a population of less than six hundred thousand (600,000) according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, such rules and regulations shall not take effect until ten (10) days after their adoption by the board and after their publication once a week for two (2) weeks in at least one (1) paper circulating in the county, and after a copy thereof has been posted near each gate or principal entrance to the public ground to which they apply. In counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, such rules and regulations shall not take effect until thirty (30) days after their adoption by the board and after the same have been approved by the commissioner of environment and conservation. In counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, all rules and regulations adopted by any board, after due notice in accordance with this section and a copy thereof having been recorded with the commissioner, shall be subject to enforcement by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each violation against any person found guilty of violating such rules and regulations. Any violation of the rules and regulations for the care and management of such property of county conservation boards as may be made under the authority of this section is a Class B misdemeanor. No county conservation board shall require that any parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers and other property under its control be named in dedication only to individuals who are deceased at the time of such naming.