11-24-104 - Creation of board Delegation of authority Members Term Vacancies.
11-24-104. Creation of board Delegation of authority Members Term Vacancies.
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.
[Acts 1937, ch. 307, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 3516.4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 11-904.]