N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 501: Parks, playgrounds and recreation centers

§ 501. Parks, playgrounds and recreation centers. 1. The county is

hereby authorized to accept by gift and to acquire by purchase,

condemnation, lease or permit, and to own, construct, operate, maintain

and repair anywhere within the county outside of cities, parks,

playgrounds, athletic fields and recreation centers, together with

necessary buildings, structures, equipment and appurtenances, including,

but without limitation, public baths, swimming pools and auditoriums,

and to make the cost thereof a county charge. The county may contract

with any town or village for the operation by the county or by such town

or village of any park, playground, athletic field or recreation center

located within such town or village, whether owned by the county or by

such town or village, and make the cost thereof a county charge.

2. The board of supervisors shall have power by county act to regulate

the use of and to establish a schedule of charges for the use of such

parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, recreation centers and facilities

therein and may prescribe reasonable penalties for violations of its

rules and regulations. The board of supervisors may authorize the

operation, granting and sale of concessions by the commission or others

in or in connection with any such park, playground, athletic field or

recreation center. All moneys received by the commission shall belong to

the county and shall be paid into the county treasury monthly on or

before the tenth day of the month. The board of supervisors, upon

determination by county act that any playground, athletic field or

recreation center, or part thereof, or facility therein, is no longer

required for public use, may authorize the commission to sell or lease

the same under rules and regulations to be prescribed by local law.