(a) Recreation board or other authority.--The authority to supervise and maintain recreation places may be vested in any existing body or board, including the council, or in a recreation board, as the council shall determine. The council of the borough may equip, operate and maintain the recreation places, as authorized by this chapter, and may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, employ any officers or employees as it may deem proper.
(b) (Reserved).
(c) Joint recreation board.--Any borough may join or create, with one or more municipalities, a joint recreation board in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A (relating to intergovernmental cooperation). The composition of the board and its powers and duties shall be as provided by agreement of the governing bodies of the municipalities.
Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4(3)(xvi) of Act 37 of 2014 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 27 - Recreation Places, Shade Trees and Forests
Section 2702 - Power to acquire
Section 2703 - Appropriation of private property
Section 2708 - Recreation board or other authority
Section 2709 - Establishment of recreation board
Section 2710 - Organization of board and employees
Section 2713 - Lease for school athletics
Section 2720 - Care, custody and control
Section 2720.1 - Maintenance by borough and tax levy
Section 2720.2 - Payment by owners and assessments
Section 2720.3 - Notice of work
Section 2721 - Shade tree commission
Section 2722 - Composition of commission
Section 2724.1 - Duties of commission
Section 2751 - Acquisition of land for forest purposes
Section 2753 - Ordinance of acquisition
Section 2756 - Appropriations and revenue