County council shall by ordinance provide for the operations of the community recreation special tax district which shall include the creation of a commission consisting of three to seven members appointed by the county council. Appointments by county council to the commission shall be in accordance with any written agreement entered into between the county and any municipality having any part of its territory within the district. County council shall set the term of office for the members of the commission. All members appointed by the county council to the commission must reside in the district, and no member of the commission shall receive compensation for service on the commission. The public works department, with county council approval, may provide services to a recreation special tax district at the same cost as incurred and charged for those same services in nonrecreation special tax districts. County council may provide funding from general fund tax revenue to a recreation special tax district at the same level and for the same purposes as for nonrecreation special tax districts.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 425, Section 1, eff May 27, 1994; 1996 Act No. 273, Section 2, eff May 6, 1996; 1997 Act No. 114, Section 2, eff June 13, 1997.
Effect of Amendment
The 1996 amendment revised this section, adding the second sentence beginning "Appointments by county council."
The 1997 amendment added the last two sentences.