{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-21-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 8-21-1","heading":"Cities may establish board.","body":"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.","path":["CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.","ARTICLE 21. BOARD OF PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS.","PART I. ESTABLISHMENT; ORGANIZATION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/8-21-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:56Z","sha256":"135a18b48b139b54bbee74b728229c709e5b3b2ca5ffff2d57a059e3aa2fc73f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-20a-5","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-21-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}