2014 North Dakota Century Code Title 58 Townships Chapter 58-17 Township Parks
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CHAPTER 58-17
TOWNSHIP PARKS
58-17-01. Townships - Authority to acquire, operate, and regulate parks.
Any township may acquire, establish, construct, expand, own, lease, control, equip,
improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police any park either within or without the geographic
limits of such township and may use for such purposes any available property owned or
controlled or occupied for the purpose or purposes enumerated in this chapter. Any such park
must be declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied for a public purpose in
accordance with public need.
58-17-02. Townships - Parks - Tax levy for park purposes.
In townships supporting parks, a levy not exceeding the limitation in subsection 8 of section
57-15-20.2 may be made for such purposes, but such levies do not apply to property in any city
or park district which levies for park district purposes.
58-17-03. Townships - Parks - Tax levy may be certified by board of supervisors.
The board of township supervisors may certify annually to the county auditor the amount of
tax to be levied by such township for park purposes in the same manner as provided by law for
other township levies. The proceeds of such taxes must be deposited in a special fund or
account into which other park revenues of the township are deposited and may be expended by
the township only for park purposes.
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