(Establishment and Administration)
Article 244-2.
Except as specifically provided by laws or cabinet orders duly authorized by laws, matters related to establishment and administration of public facilities shall be fixed by bylaw of the ordinary local public body.
2.
When the ordinary local public body purports to abolish especially important public facilities enumerated by bylaw or to confer the exclusive right to use such facilities for a period longer than specified by bylaw, the consent of two-thirds of members present of the assembly shall be required.
3.
When the ordinary local public body finds it necessary for the effective attainment of the objective of establishment of public facilities, it may entrust the administration thereof to a corporation specified in a cabinet order in which said local public body has invested, or to a public body or public organization.
4.
The chief executive may, when considered proper, enable a person who has been entrusted with the administration of public facilities according to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this article referred to as "Entrusted Manager") to receive any rental resulting from the use of said public facilities (referred to as "Rental" in the following paragraph) as proceeds belonging to Entrusted Manager.
5.
Except when required for reasons of public interest, Rental mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be established by Entrusted Manager in accordance with the provisions of a bylaw. In such circumstances Entrusted Manager shall obtain the approval of said ordinary local public body in advance for said Rental.
6.
The chief executive or the relevant commission of the ordinary local public body may, for the purpose of the proper management of the public facilities entrusted, demand from Entrusted Manager a report on the status of the affairs and accounting concerning said public facilities, field inspection said affairs and accounting, or give necessary instructions to Entrusted Manager.
(Establishment Outside the Area)
Article 244-3.
Any ordinary local public body may, in consultation with the ordinary local public body concerned, establish public facilities outside its area.
2.
Any ordinary local public bodies may, in consultation with other ordinary local public bodies, make the public facilities of such other bodies available to the use of its own inhabitants.
