Opinion No. (1999)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General ANTHONY S. Da VIGO Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE SPENCER B. BATCHELDER, COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a veterans memorial district require a veterans organization to add the district as a named insured on its insurance policy as a condition of allowing the organization to use the district's facilities? 2. Is a veterans memorial district required to obtain voter approval of specifically identified park and recreation facility projects it intends to undertake, or is voter approval required only of the general concept of providing park and recreation facility projects? 3. May a veterans memorial district present a single ballot question to obtain voter approval of a specifically identified park and recreation facility project and voter approval of a special tax to fund the project? 4. If a veterans memorial district imposes a special tax, may it exempt unimproved parcels from the levy? 5. Must the county board of supervisors approve a veterans memorial district's plans for an indoor or outdoor park and recreation facility project prior to a vote of the electorate on the project?…