RHB/4/22
Sponsored by Reece Johnson, Cooper Ward of West High School
This legislation was filed in the Environment and Conservation category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Proposal: A plan presented by a Municipality for the alteration of a park. This can include but is not |
| 5 | limited to a written proposal, a blueprint, or a presentation. |
| 6 | Municipality: Cities or towns with corporate status and a local government, as recognized by the |
| 7 | state of Tennessee. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Section 2: A committee composed of five individuals will be established within the Tennessee |
| 10 | Department of Environment and Conservation. |
| 11 | a) The members shall be appointed from within the department by the head of the department. |
| 12 | I) One of the members shall be appointed as the chair of the committee, and shall facilitate |
| 13 | meetings. |
| 14 | II) One member other than the chair shall be appointed as a recorder, and shall take notes at each |
| 15 | meeting. |
| 16 | III) Of the five appointed members, there must be at least one appointed from each of the three |
| 17 | grand divisions of Tennessee. |
| 18 | IV) The members of the committee shall be re-selected every two years. |
| 19 | b) The committee will meet bimonthly to review proposals submitted by municipalities within that |
| 20 | period. |
| 21 | c) The salaries of the members shall be $10,000 annually. |
| 22 | d) Proposals reviewed at each meeting, notes taken by the recorder, and final decisions on |
| 23 | proposals shall be published online following each meeting. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Section 3: Any municipality of Tennessee shall be given the opportunity to submit one or more |
| 26 | park improvement proposals to the committee, and the committee shall choose whether or not to |
| 27 | supply additional funds to the proposal(s). |
| 28 | a) A proposal may be submitted with the Municipality intending to cover either none or a portion of |
| 29 | the budget of the proposal, in which case the committee may choose to cover the remainder of the |
| 30 | budget. |
| 31 | b) Each municipality may only be delegated a maximum of $200,000 over the course of this act. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Section 4: The maximum annual allotment by the committee shall be $1,250,000. Any remaining |
| 34 | funds shall be reabsorbed by the Department of Environment and Conservation. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Section 5: This act shall remain in effect for a total of four years from the day it takes effect. |
| 37 | a) The Tennessee Congress may consider renewal of this act after each period of four years. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Section 6: The addition of this course will cost $5,200,000, and will be funded through the |
| 40 | Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation budget. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Section 7: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Section 8: This act shall take effect January 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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