7-6-2527. Taxation -- public and governmental purposes.
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7-6-2527 . Taxation -- public and governmental purposes. A county may impose a property tax levy for any public or governmental purpose not specifically prohibited by law. Public and governmental purposes include but are not limited to:
(1)district court purposes as provided in 7-6-2511 ;
(2)county-owned or county-operated health care facility purposes as provided in 7-6-2512 ;
(3)county law enforcement services and maintenance of county detention center purposes as provided in 7-6-2513 and search and rescue units as provided in 7-32-235 ;
(4)multijurisdictional service purposes as provided in 7-11-1022 ;
(5)transportation services for senior citizens and persons with disabilities as provided in 7-14-111 ;
(6)support for a port authority as provided in 7-14-1132 ;
(7)county road, bridge, and ferry purposes as provided in 7-14-2101 , 7-14-2501 , 7-14-2502 , 7-14-2503 , 7-14-2801 , and 7-14-2807 ;
(8)recreational, educational, and other activities of the elderly as provided in 7-16-101 ;
(9)purposes of county fair activities, parks, cultural facilities, and any county-owned civic center, youth center, recreation center, or recreational complex as provided in 7-16-2102 and 7-16-2109 ;
(10)programs for the operation of licensed day-care centers and homes as provided in 7-16-2108 and 7-16-4114 ;
(11)support for a museum, facility for the arts and the humanities, collection of exhibits, or a museum district created under provisions of Title 7, chapter 11, part 10, or former Title 7, chapter 16, part 22;
(12)extension work in agriculture and home economics as provided in 7-21-3203 ;
(13)weed control and management purposes as provided in 7-22-2142 ;
(14)insect control programs as provided in 7-22-2306 ;
(15)fire control as provided in 7-33-2209 ;
(16)ambulance service as provided in 7-34-102 ;
(17)public health purposes as provided in 50-2-111 ;
(18)public assistance purposes as provided in 53-3-115 ;
(19)indigent assistance purposes as provided in 53-3-116 ;
(20)developmental disabilities facilities as provided in 53-20-208 ;
(21)mental health services as provided in 53-21-1010 ;
(22)airport purposes as provided in 67-10-402 and 67-11-302 ;
(23)purebred livestock shows and sales as provided in 81-8-504 ;
(24)economic development purposes as provided in 90-5-112 ;
(25)prevention programs, including programs that reduce substance abuse; and
(26)forest or grassland hazardous fuels reduction projects in areas near homes and communities where wildland fire is a threat.