§ 4-60-4 — Additional powers conferred on counties

In addition to any other powers which it may now have, each county shall have the following powers: A. to acquire, whether by construction, purchase, gift or lease, one or more projects which shall be located within this state and which shall be located outside a municipality in the county or in the county and an adjoining county if part of the project is located in the county and the balance of the project is located in an adjoining county at a location contiguous thereto; B. to sell or lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of its projects upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may deem advisable and as shall not conflict with the provisions of the County Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act; and C. to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping or furnishing any project or projects and to secure the payment of such bonds, all as hereinafter provided. No county shall have the power to operate any project as a business or in any manner except as lessor thereof or seller thereof under an agreement of sale.

Legislative History

1978 Comp., § 4-60-4, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 181, § 4.