A. The state is authorized to receive and accept gifts, donations or bequests of money, equipment or material, either for state park and recreation purposes generally or for any designated state park or recreation area or state park or recreation purposes or as an endowment for any particular state park or recreation area, and shall hold, expend and use the money, equipment or material for the purposes designated in the donation, gift, bequest or endowment.
B. The secretary is authorized to enter into agreements and contracts and to cooperate with the federal government in obtaining funds or other assistance for the acquisition, erection, maintenance and operation of state parks and recreation areas.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 57, § 15; 1941 Comp., § 4-115; 1953 Comp., § 4-9-17; Laws 1963, ch. 98, § 17; 1977, ch. 254, § 27; 1987, ch. 234, § 21.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, in Subsection B, substituted "secretary" for "state park and recreation director" and made a minor change in language in Subsection A.
Subsection B includes contracts for feasibility studies on projects for the parks and recreation areas. The funds contracted for would be included within the cost of construction if such was determined to be feasible. 1963 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 63-80.
Proper to acquire planning funds which become loan if project feasible. — The parks and recreation commission (now state parks division) has authority to acquire funds from federal or other agencies for use in planning park and recreation facilities under such terms that the funds become a loan if the project is found feasible and construction is started, and a grant if the project is found not to be feasible and abandoned; the use of funds in such manner is a necessary incident to the improvement of the state's parks and recreation areas. 1963 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 63-80.
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