(a) There is created within the Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation a Division of Parks. The Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation shall employ a Director of such Division who shall be designated Director of Territorial Parks, and shall employ such other persons as may be necessary to efficiently administer the provisions of this chapter. The compensation of the Director and other employees of the Division shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of chapter 25 of Title 3 of this Code. The Director of Territorial Parks shall perform such duties as may be assigned him by the Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Division of Parks to supervise, administer, manage, regulate and control the use and operation of all public parks, lands for public recreation, marine parks, and such others as may be designated by regulations by the Commissioner, including but not limited to beaches within the coastal zone as defined in Title 12, chapter 21 of this Code, that either are owned by or which may be acquired by the Government of the Virgin Islands, or to the operation, development, preservation or maintenance of which the Government may have made or may make contribution or appropriation of public funds.