MAY THE CITY OF STARKE CONTRIBUTE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO A NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOOTBALL PROGRAM?
Your inquiry states that the City of Starke annually spends a significant amount of money funding a recreation department. This year your city commission, believing that it is more economical to encourage the involvement of private organizations in recreation, desires to contribute to the funding of a “Pop-Warner” football program. The commission wishes to fund the program, which is operated by a nonprofit corporation, either directly, or indirectly through the purchase of equipment. Thus, you ask whether the city may lawfully fund the programs of such a nonprofit corporation. For the following reasons, your question is answered in the affirmative. It is axiomatic that municipal funds may be used only for a municipal purpose, and only when properly budgeted for such purpose. AGO 72-198, s 10, Art. VII, State Const. As noted in AGO 77-27, the purpose of s 10, Art. VII (which prohibits the state, a county, municipality, school district, special district, or any agency thereof from lendin
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