19-2803c


Chapter 19.--COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS


Article 28.--PARKS, MUSEUMS, LAKES AND RECREATIONAL GROUNDS

     
19-2803c.   Establishment and maintenance of county lake and
recreational grounds; election; bonds; limitation on cost.
Any county may establish and maintain a county public lake and
recreational grounds and facilities adjacent to said lake all of which
shall be within said county, as hereinafter provided, and may take and
acquire title to lands, including any and all rights thereon, for the
purpose of establishing said lake and recreational grounds by condemnation
under the provisions of the general condemnation law or by gift, devise,
purchase or in any other manner or by any combination of such methods. The
board of county commissioners of any county may submit the question of the
establishment of such a lake and recreational grounds to the qualified
electors of said county, at a general election or special election called
for that purpose, or if petitioned for by not less than twenty percent
(20%) of the qualified electors of such county, determined on the basis of
the total vote cast for the office of secretary of state at the last
preceding general election, said board of county commissioners shall at a
general election or special election called for that purpose submit the
question of the establishment of such lake and recreational grounds. The
question shall be stated on the ballot in substantially the following form:

     
"Shall ____ county establish a county lake and recreational grounds at a
cost of not to exceed ____ dollars, the same to be paid by the issuance of
general obligation bonds of the county?"

     
In no case shall the cost of the real estate, establishment and original
improvement of said lake and recreational grounds exceed the sum of one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), exclusive of donations and
bequests. Such proposition shall be submitted to the electors in like
manner as bond propositions are submitted and conducted under the general
bond law.

     
History:   L. 1963, ch. 188, § 1; June 30.