§ 55A-3-06. Special powers; public parks and drives and certain recreational corporations. - North Carolina Statutes

§55A‑3‑06.  Special powers; public parks and drives and certainrecreational corporations.

Any corporation heretofore orhereafter formed for the purpose of creating and maintaining public parks anddrives shall have full power and authority to lay out, manage, and controlparks and drives within the State, under any rules and regulations as thecorporation may prescribe and shall have power to purchase and hold propertyand take gifts or donations for such purpose.  It may hold property andexercise such powers and trust for any town, city, township, or county, inconnection with which the parks and drives shall be maintained.  Any city,town, township, or county, holding such property, may vest and transfer thesame to any such corporation for the purpose of controlling and maintaining thesame as public parks and drives under any regulations and subject to anyconditions as may be determined upon by the city, town, township, or county. All such lands as the corporation may acquire shall be held in trust as publicparks and drives, and shall be held open to the public under any rules, laws,and regulations as the corporation may adopt through its board of directors,and it shall have power and authority to make and adopt all laws andregulations as it may determine upon for the reasonable management of suchparks and drives.  The terms "public parks and drives" as used inthis section shall be construed so as to include playgrounds, recreationalcenters, and other recreational activities and facilities which may be providedand established under the sponsorship of any county, city, town, township, orschool district in North Carolina and constructed or established with theassistance of the government of the United States or any agency thereof. (1955,c. 1230; 1973, c. 695, s. 9; 1993, c. 398, s. 1.)