If a second or third class municipality has created a park board according to the provisions of § 9-38-8, or if a first class municipality has created a park board according to the provisions of §§ 9-38-10 and 9-38-11, and if such a municipality has created a recreation board according to the provisions of § 9-38-80, such a municipality may combine the park board and the recreation board at any time by ordinance of the governing body. The combined board shall be designated as the park and recreation board. The park and recreation board shall exercise all the powers and duties that a park board and a recreation board are permitted to exercise separately by law.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-38-90.1
Combined park and recreation board--Powers and duties
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Grosz v. City of Sioux Falls (1984)
Most recently applied in Grosz v. City of Sioux Falls (April 1984)
Source: SL 1969, ch 191, § 1; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.
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