2023 Tennessee Code › Title 11 - NATURAL AREAS AND RECREATION (§§ 11-1-101 — 11-25-119) › Chapter 24 - MUNICIPAL RECREATIONAL SYSTEMS (§§ 11-24-101 — 11-24-202) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 11-24-101 — 11-24-113) › Section 11-24-104 - Creation of board - Delegation of authority - Members - Term - Vacancies

(a)
If the governing body of any municipality determines that the power to provide, establish, conduct and maintain a supervised recreation system and facilities as aforementioned, and to acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation or lease, lands and buildings for such purposes, shall be exercised by a recreation board or commission or the school board, or park board, such governing body shall, by resolution or ordinance, vest such powers in such body, and the body to which such powers and duties shall be thus delegated shall have the same powers which the governing body would have had to effectually carry out the purpose of this part; provided, that if there is not a recreation board or commission in existence and it is the desire of the governing body to vest the powers, duties and responsibilities in a recreation board or commission, then the governing body shall have the power to create such board or commission which shall consist of five (5) persons, at least two (2) of whom may be members of the school staff, to be appointed by the presiding officer of such governing body, to serve for terms of five (5) years or until their successors are appointed, except that the members of such board or commission first appointed shall be appointed for such terms that the term of one (1) member shall expire annually thereafter. The members of such board or commission shall serve without pay. Vacancies in such board or commission occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled only for the unexpired term, and such appointment shall be filled by the presiding officer of the governing body.
(b)
Any county having a population of not less than fifty-seven thousand four hundred (57,400) nor more than fifty-seven thousand five hundred (57,500), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall have the authority to create a recreation board or commission in accordance with this part, which shall be composed of nine (9) members. Eight (8) of the members shall be members of the community, with each civil district of the county being represented. The ninth member shall be a county commissioner appointed by the chairman of the commission and confirmed by the county commission as a whole. All members of the board shall be voting members. Board members shall serve terms of four (4) years; provided, however, that the initial terms shall expire at staggered intervals so that two (2) members' terms expire each year during the first four (4) years, with the terms of the longest serving parks and recreation board members expiring first. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the county commission in consultation with the nominating authority appointed by the commission. Board members shall be compensated at a rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per meeting, with a maximum of twelve (12) paid meetings occurring each year.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 723,s 1, eff. 6/22/2020.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 658,s 1, eff. 4/10/2014.
Acts 1937, ch. 307, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 3516.4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 11-904.