Tennessee § 11-1-112 - Park facilities — Powers and duties of commissioner.

§ 11-1-112. Park facilities — Powers and duties of commissioner.

In order to provide park facilities for the department and to enable the construction and financing thereof on lands owned by the state or by an industrial development corporation which has been created under title 7, chapter 53, but for no other purpose unless authorized by law, the commissioner, with the approval of the state building commission, in the name of the state of Tennessee, has the following powers and duties: Without limitation by reason of any other law, the power to sell and convey title to an industrial development corporation any land and any existing buildings or facilities thereon owned by the department for such consideration upon such terms and conditions as in the judgment of the commissioner and the state building commission are in the best interest of the state; Without limitation by reason of any other law, the power to lease to an industrial development corporation for a term or terms, not exceeding fifty (50) years each, any land and existing buildings or facilities thereon owned by the department upon such terms and conditions as in the judgment of the commissioner and the state building commission are in the best interest of the state; The power to lease or purchase from an industrial development corporation and to make available for public use any park facility erected upon land conveyed or leased to an industrial development corporation or upon any of the land owned by an industrial development corporation upon such terms, conditions and rentals or deferred payment obligations as in the judgment of the commissioner and the state building commission are in the best interest of the state; The power to pledge and assign all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of such park facility as security for the payment of the rentals or deferred payment obligations due and to become due under any lease or purchase under subdivision (3), and to covenant in any such lease or purchase agreement with respect to future pledges or assignments of such revenues; and The power to covenant and agree in any lease or purchase made under subdivision (3) to: Impose fees, rentals or other charges for the use or occupancy or other operation of such park facility in an amount calculated to produce revenues sufficient to pay the rentals or obligations due and to become due under such lease or purchase; and Properly account for, secure, and disburse such fees, rentals and charges. Acts 1974, ch. 775, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; T.C.A., § 11-112. Code Commission Notes. Acts 1988, ch. 1034, § 1 provided that the authority granted by § 11-3-111 and this section, relative to lease and licensing arrangements in state parks, shall apply to any arrangement approved by the commissioner of environment and conservation to allow private contractors to construct and develop a golf course at Chickasaw State Park, and the commissioner is empowered to enter into a contract for such construction and development, subject to approval of the state building commission.