IN Code § 36-9-3-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-13. Powers and Duties of Board

Sec. 13. The board may:(1) exercise the executive and legislative powers of the authority as provided by this chapter;(2) as a municipal corporation, sue and be sued in its name;(3) sell, lease, or otherwise contract for advertising in or on the facilities of the authority;(4) protect all property owned or managed by the board;(5) adopt an annual budget;(6) incur indebtedness in the name of the authority in accordance with this chapter;(7) acquire real, personal, or mixed property by deed, purchase, or lease and dispose of it for use in connection with or for administrative purposes;(8) receive gifts, donations, bequests, and public trusts, agree to conditions and terms accompanying them, and bind the authority to carry them out;(9) receive federal or state aid and administer that aid;(10) erect the buildings or structures needed to administer and carry out this chapter;(11) determine matters of policy regarding internal organization and operating procedures not specifically provided for by law;(12) adopt a schedule of reasonable charges and rents, and collect them from all users of facilities and services within the jurisdiction of the authority;(13) purchase supplies, materials, and equipment to carry out the duties and functions of the board, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board and under applicable statutes;(14) employ the personnel necessary to carry out the duties, functions, and powers of the board;(15) sell any surplus or unneeded real and personal property in accordance with procedures adopted by the board and under applicable statutes;(16) adopt rules governing the duties of its officers, employees, and personnel, and the internal management of the affairs of the board;(17) fix the compensation of the various officers and employees of the authority, within the limitations of the total personal services budget;(18) purchase public transportation services from public or private transportation agencies upon the terms and conditions set forth in purchase of service agreements between the authority and the transportation agencies;(19) acquire, establish, construct, improve, equip, operate, maintain, subsidize, and regulate public transportation systems within the jurisdiction of the authority;(20) after receiving a request for assistance from a public transportation system, enter into agreements with government agencies, political subdivisions, private transportation companies, railroads, and other persons providing for:(A) construction, operation, and use by the other party of any public transportation system and equipment held or later acquired by the authority; and(B) acquisition of any public transportation system and equipment of another party if all or part of the operations of that party take place within the jurisdiction of the authority;(21) rent or lease any real property, including air rights above real property owned or leased by a transportation system, for transportation or other purposes, with the revenues from those rentals to accrue to the authority and to be used exclusively for the purposes of this chapter;(22) negotiate and execute contracts of sale, purchase, or lease, or contracts for personal services, materials, supplies, equipment, or passenger transportation services;(23) establish at or near its terminals and stations the off-street parking facilities and access roads that are necessary and desirable, and charge fees for or allow free use of those facilities;(24) enter into agreements with other persons for the purpose of participating in transportation planning activities;(25) administer any rail services or other use of rail rights-of-way that may be the responsibility of state or local government under the Federal Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended (45 U.S.C. sections 701-794);(26) determine the level and kind of public transportation services that should be provided by the authority; and(27) do all other acts necessary or reasonably incident to carrying out the purposes of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2.5-7 part; 19-5-2.5-10.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.235-1997, SEC.9.