7-6-2527. Taxation -- public and governmental purposes. A county may impose a property tax levy for any public or governmental purpose not specifically prohibited by law. Public and governmental purposes include but are not limited to:

(1) district court purposes as provided in 7-6-2511;

(2) county-owned or county-operated health care facility purposes as provided in 7-6-2512;

(3) county law enforcement services and maintenance of county detention center purposes as provided in 7-6-2513 and search and rescue units as provided in 7-32-235;

(4) multijurisdictional service purposes as provided in 7-11-1022;

(5) transportation services for senior citizens and persons with disabilities as provided in 7-14-111;

(6) support for a port authority as provided in 7-14-1132;

(7) county road, bridge, and ferry purposes as provided in 7-14-2101, 7-14-2501, 7-14-2502, 7-14-2503, 7-14-2801, and 7-14-2807;

(8) recreational, educational, and other activities of the elderly as provided in 7-16-101;

(9) purposes of county fair activities, parks, cultural facilities, and any county-owned civic center, youth center, recreation center, or recreational complex as provided in 7-16-2102 and 7-16-2109;

(10) programs for the operation of licensed day-care centers and homes as provided in 7-16-2108 and 7-16-4114;

(11) support for a museum, facility for the arts and the humanities, collection of exhibits, or a museum district created under provisions of Title 7, chapter 11, part 10, or former Title 7, chapter 16, part 22;

(12) extension work in agriculture and home economics as provided in 7-21-3203;

(13) weed control and management purposes as provided in 7-22-2142;

(14) insect control programs as provided in 7-22-2306;

(15) fire control as provided in 7-33-2209;

(16) ambulance service as provided in 7-34-102;

(17) public health purposes as provided in 50-2-111;

(18) public assistance purposes as provided in 53-3-115;

(19) indigent assistance purposes as provided in 53-3-116;

(20) developmental disabilities facilities as provided in 53-20-208;

(21) mental health services as provided in 53-21-1010;

(22) airport purposes as provided in 67-10-402 and 67-11-302;

(23) purebred livestock shows and sales as provided in 81-8-504;

(24) economic development purposes as provided in 90-5-112;

(25) prevention programs, including programs that reduce substance abuse; and

(26) forest or grassland hazardous fuels reduction projects in areas near homes and communities where wildland fire is a threat.

History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 453, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 317, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 505, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 286, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 275, L. 2017.