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Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

Chapter 67

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  67.1742.  Powers and duties of the district. — A metropolitan park and recreation district shall have the power to:

  (1)  Issue bonds, notes or other obligations for any of the purposes of the district, and to refund such bonds, notes or obligations, as provided in sections 67.1760 to 67.1769.  No bonds, notes, or obligations issued to fund activities under subsection 1 of section 67.1754, subparagraph b. of paragraph (a) or subparagraph b. of paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 67.1754 or subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 67.1754 shall be secured by tax revenues allocated under subparagraph a. of paragraph (a) or subparagraph a. of paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 67.1754, and no bonds, notes, or obligations issued to fund activities under subparagraph a. of paragraph (a) or subparagraph a. of paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 67.1754 shall be secured by tax revenues allocated under subparagraph b. of paragraph (a) or subparagraph b. of paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 67.1754 or subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 67.1754;

  (2)  Contract with public and private entities or individuals both within and without the state and shall have the power to contract with the United States or any agency thereof in furtherance of any of the purposes of the district.  Any contract for capital improvement or maintenance activities in the area to be improved with tax revenues allocated under subparagraph a. of paragraph (a) or subparagraph a. of paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 67.1754 shall require the concurrent approval of the metropolitan district, the public entity owning or controlling the real property being improved or maintained, and the public or not-for-profit entities directly providing supplemental funding for such contract, and all such capital improvements or maintenance activities shall be constructed and performed in accordance with a comprehensive capital improvements program agreement approved by the metropolitan district before the vote of the public relating to a sales tax authorized in subsection 2 of section 67.1712;

  (3)  Own, hold, control, lease, purchase from willing sellers, contract and sell any and all rights in land, buildings, improvements, and any and all other real, personal or mixed property, provided that real property within a county may only be purchased by the metropolitan district if a majority of the board members from the county in which such real property is located consent to such acquisition;

  (4)  Receive property, both real and personal, or money which has been granted, donated, devised or bequeathed to the district;

  (5)  Establish and collect reasonable charges for the use of the facilities of the district; and

  (6)  Maintain an office and staff at such place or places in this state as it may designate and conduct such business and operations as is necessary to fulfill the district's duties pursuant to sections 67.1700 to 67.1769.

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(L. 1999 S.B. 405 § 67.791 subsec. 4, subdiv. (1), A.L. 2012 H.B. 1504)


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