14-2001.   Use of certain land for park and recreational purposes;police power; lease; conditions.Any city of the second class and owning land, including any land, partor all of which is used in connection with any municipal utility, inside oroutside its corporate limits, may develop and use part or all of such landfor park and recreational purposes and incidental uses and hereby isgranted the same police power over said territory as though it were withinthe corporate limits of said city. Such city may lease portions of suchland at sufferance, at will or for years for private camping or cabin sitesand incidental uses, and for a golf course or courses, and club houses andfacilities used in connection therewith; and such leasehold, but not thecity's reversionary interest, shall be subject to taxation: Provided,That every such lease shall provide that the lessee shall at its ownexpense, construct and install all of the facilities and improvements to beoccupied and used by it under such lease, upon such terms, conditions andcontrol as the governing body of the city may require. Operations underthis act shall be deemed to be within such city's governmental capacity andliability.

      History:   L. 1937, ch. 157, § 1; L. 1939, ch. 131, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 151, § 1;L. 1961, ch. 108, § 1; June 30.