Every city is hereby empowered and authorized to provide for by charter provision, or to create by ordinance, a board of park and recreation commissioners, for the purpose of establishing, constructing, improving, extending, developing, maintaining and operating a city public park and recreation system.
W. Va. Code § 8-21-1
Cities may establish board
Known as the Municipal Code
The act spans §§ 8–8 (711 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 163 W. Va. 285 - Rogers v. City of South Charleston (1979)
Most recently applied in 163 W. Va. 285 - Rogers v. City of South Charleston (July 1979)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.