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IN Code § 36-10-3-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-25. Bonds; Notice; Hearing; Ordinance Approving Issue

Sec. 25. (a) Before bonds may be issued under section 23 of this chapter, the board shall give notice of a public hearing to disclose the purposes for which the bond issue is proposed, the amount of the proposed issue, and all other pertinent data.(b) The board shall have published in accordance with IC 5-3-1 a notice of the time, place, and purposes of the hearing.(c) After the public hearing and before additional proceedings on the bond issues, the board must obtain an ordinance approving the bond issue from the unit's fiscal body.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-40.5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.94.
IN Code § 36-10-3-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-26. Bonds; Disposition of Proceeds

Sec. 26. All proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under section 24 of this chapter shall be kept in a separate fund. The fund shall be used to pay for land and other property acquired and for the construction of a work under the resolution, including all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the project. The fund may not be used for any other purpose. The fund shall be deposited as provided in this chapter. A surplus remaining from the proceeds of the bonds after all costs and expenses are paid shall be paid into and becomes a part of the park district bond fund.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-41.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-27. Levy of Special Tax on Real and Personal Property; Park District Bond Fund

Sec. 27. (a) In order to raise money to pay all bonds issued under section 24 of this chapter, the board shall levy annually a special tax upon all of the real and personal property located in the district sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds as they mature, including accrued interest. The board shall have the tax to be levied each year certified to the auditor of the county in which the district is located at the time for certification of tax levies. The tax shall be collected and enforced by the county treasurer in the same manner as other taxes are collected and enforced.(b) As the tax is collected, it shall be accumulated and kept in a separate fund to be known as the park district bond fund. The tax shall be applied to the payment of the district bonds and interest as they mature and may not be used for another purpose.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-42.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-28. Primary Obligation on Bond; Transfer of Powers, Duties, Liabilities, and Other Obligations on Discontinuation or Establishment of New Board

Sec. 28. (a) If a board or district is discontinued under section 3 or 3.1 of this chapter, and a new board or district is not established, the primary obligation on its bonds is not affected, and the unit assumes liability for the payment of the bonds according to their terms.(b) An ordinance adopted under section 3 or 3.1 of this chapter that discontinues a board or district and establishes a new board or district must provide all of the following:(1) All powers, duties, and liabilities of the discontinued board or district are transferred to the newly established board or district.(2) All records and property of each entity, including appropriations and other funds under the control or supervision of the discontinued board or district, are transferred to the newly established board or district.(3) Any amounts owed to a discontinued board or district before the effective date of the ordinance are considered to be owed to the new board or district.(4) All powers, duties, and liabilities of a discontinued board or district with respect to bonds issued by that board or district are transferred to the newly established board or district, as the successor board or district. The rights of the bondholders of a discontinued board or district remain unchanged, although the powers, duties, and liabilities of the entity have been transferred to the new board or district, as the successor board or district, as of the effective date of the ordinance adopted under section 3 or 3.1 of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-43.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110. Amended by P.L.75-2019, SEC.6.
IN Code § 36-10-3-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-29. Joint Department of Parks and Recreation; Creation; Eligibility; Agreement; Amendments

Sec. 29. (a) Two (2) or more units may create a joint department of parks and recreation.(b) Only a unit that has by ordinance created a department under this chapter is eligible to participate in the creation of a joint department.(c) The boards of the units that desire to create a joint department must agree upon the use of facilities, personnel, the distribution and raising of financial support, and other matters. The agreement may provide:(1) for a joint district and joint board to supersede the separate districts and boards; or(2) that the separate districts and boards be maintained.After agreement has been reached, the fiscal body of each unit must adopt an ordinance approving the terms of the agreement before the agreement becomes final. The ordinances may not be passed under suspension of the rules.(d) Failure of one (1) of the units to adopt the ordinance within ninety (90) days after the agreement has been reached voids the arrangement for all parties. However, the remaining parties may proceed with a new agreement.(e) Amendments to an agreement may be made by adoption of an ordinance by the fiscal body of each unit.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-45; subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) formerly 19-7-4-46.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-30. Joint Board of Parks and Recreation; Organization and Function; Powers and Duties; Executive Committee, Membership, Authority, and Limitations

Sec. 30. (a) A joint board shall be organized and shall function in the same manner as a separate board. The joint board consists of all the members of the separate boards. Two-thirds (2/3) of the members constitute a quorum, and official action must be authorized by two-thirds (2/3) of the members. The joint board has all of the powers and duties of a separate board under this chapter, including the authority to issue bonds of the joint district.(b) The joint board may create an executive committee composed of an equal number of members from each participating unit. The executive committee has all of the authority and limitations of the joint board, except that official action by the executive committee must be authorized by each member of the committee. In addition, an executive committee member may demand that an issue be submitted to the joint board.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-47.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-31. Joint Board of Parks and Recreation; Budget Request; Disposition of Money Appropriated

Sec. 31. (a) The joint board shall determine its total budget request. The members of each participating unit shall present to their fiscal body the total budget and shall state the amount chargeable to their unit by the terms of the agreement and ordinance. If their fiscal body does not appropriate an amount sufficient to meet the unit's proportionate share, the joint board may:(1) reduce the expenditures attributable to that unit; or(2) treat the reduced appropriation as a repudiation of the agreement and terminate the relationship according to section 32 of this chapter.(b) Money appropriated by the participating units shall be deposited in a joint park and recreation board fund in the custody of the fiscal officer of the participating unit making the largest appropriation to the fund. Money may be withdrawn from the fund only upon vouchers signed by the president and secretary of the joint board.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-48; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-4-49.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-32. Joint Board of Parks and Recreation; Withdrawal of Participating Unit; Termination; Distribution of Money Remaining in Fund; Continuation of Obligation

Sec. 32. (a) A participating unit may withdraw from a joint department at the end of a fiscal year by repealing its adopting ordinance and filing a copy of the repealing ordinance with the other participating units.(b) The joint board may by resolution terminate the participation of a unit when the unit does not contribute its proportion of the total budget agreed upon in the original agreement and ordinance. The termination occurs at the end of the fiscal year in which the joint board makes its finding.(c) At the conclusion of the fiscal year in which a withdrawal or termination occurs, the joint board shall equitably distribute to participating units all money remaining in the fund.(d) A withdrawal does not alter the obligation of the units and the joint board to continue to levy and collect special benefit taxes to provide debt service on all outstanding bonds of the joint district.(e) If a unit has appropriated money for payment to a joint board that has been discontinued, the money shall be placed in the fund of the board of that unit. If the separate board no longer exists, the money shall be deposited in the general fund of the unit.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-50.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-33. Extension of Service to Unincorporated Area; Request; Petition

Sec. 33. (a) A request to a municipality to extend park and recreation service to the unincorporated area of a township in which the municipality is located or in a township adjacent to the township in which the municipality is located may be made by at least the number of registered voters required under IC 3-8-6-3 to place a candidate on the ballot in that area or township and who reside in that area or township, unless the area is already located within another park district.(b) The request must be made by petition to the board of the municipality and must:(1) state the reasons for the need of service;(2) specify the unincorporated area or township to be served; and(3) include the signatures and addresses of the petitioners.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-51; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-4-52.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110. Amended by P.L.12-1995, SEC.132.
IN Code § 36-10-3-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-34. Extension of Service to Unincorporated Area; Public Hearing; Notice; Approval or Rejection; Joint Board

Sec. 34. (a) The board shall fix a date for a public hearing on each petition filed under section 33 of this chapter. The board shall publish in accordance with IC 5-3-1 a notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing. The cost of the notice shall be paid by the petitioners.(b) After the public hearing has been held, the board may by resolution approve the petition and recommend an ordinance accomplishing its objectives to the municipal fiscal body. The secretary or a member of the board shall present the petition and ordinance to the fiscal body at its first meeting after approval of the petition. However, if the board rejects the petition, it may not be presented to the fiscal body.(c) If the board involved is a joint board, the petition must also be approved by the members from the municipality involved, and then the petition and ordinance shall be presented to the fiscal body of the municipality involved.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-53; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-4-54; subsection (c) formerly 19-7-4-68.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.95.
IN Code § 36-10-3-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-35. Extension of Service to Unincorporated Area; Approval of Petition and Adoption of Ordinance; Election; Notice; Ballot; Cost and Expense of Election

Sec. 35. (a) If the fiscal body approves the petition and adopts the ordinance presented under section 34 of this chapter, the ordinance takes effect.(b) After the adoption of the ordinance, the fiscal body shall certify the question under IC 3-10-9-3 to the county election board of the county containing the greatest percentage of population of the municipality and fix a date for a special election to be held not later than ninety (90) days after adoption. However, if a primary, general, or municipal election will be conducted in each precinct in the affected area not later than six (6) months after the ordinance is adopted, the special election shall be conducted on the same day as the primary, general, or special election. The election shall be held by the county election board in the area described in the petition. IC 3-10-8-6 applies to the special election. Any voter residing in the affected area may vote in the election.(c) The county election board shall give public notice of the special election in accordance with IC 3-10-2-2.(d) The ballot must be in the form prescribed by IC 3-10-9-4 and must state "Shall park and recreation services be extended?".(e) If the special election is not conducted at a general election, municipal election, or primary election, the fiscal body shall appropriate a sum sufficient to defray the cost of the ballots and to pay the expense of the election as prescribed by IC 3. The appropriation may be from the general fund or by transfer from the operating budget of the department.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-55; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-4-56; 19-7-5-58; subsection (c) formerly 19-7-4-57; subsection (d) formerly 19-7-4-59; subsection (e) formerly 19-7-4-60; subsection (f) formerly 19-7-4-61.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.96; P.L.3-1987, SEC.568; P.L.3-1993, SEC.280; P.L.3-1997, SEC.471.
IN Code § 36-10-3-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-36. Extension of Service to Unincorporated Area; Area to Become Part of District; Appointment of Member to Board; Application of Chapter

Sec. 36. (a) If a majority of those voting in a special election vote under section 35 of this chapter for the extension of park and recreation services, then at the beginning of the next fiscal year the area becomes part of the district of the department.(b) At the time the area becomes part of the district, the circuit judge of the county shall appoint a member from the area to the board. The member shall be appointed with the same qualifications and for the same term as other members and has the same powers and duties. If the petition of more than one (1) area is approved, the circuit judge shall make the selection of members so as to maintain the bipartisan character of the board as far as possible. As each additional member is appointed, the quorum of the board is increased by one (1).(c) The board has the same powers and duties to provide park and recreation service to the area as it has for the municipality, and this chapter applies as fully to the area to which service is extended as it applies to a municipality. However, the board need not provide service to the area before revenues from the area are available.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-62; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-4-63; subsection (c) formerly 19-7-4-64; 19-7-4-67 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-37. Extension of Service to Unincorporated Area; Property Subject to Levy; Certification of Rate; Review; Issuance of Bond

Sec. 37. (a) After a favorable special election under section 35 of this chapter, all property in the area to which service is extended is subject to the same levy for park and recreational purposes as other property within the district. After determining the levy for park and recreational purposes, the fiscal body of the municipality shall certify the rate to be applied to the area in the same manner as all other municipal levies are certified. In reviewing the park and recreation levy, all reviewing authorities shall treat the levy on the district property as a single levy so that the ultimate rate of tax for park and recreation purposes on all property in the district is identical.(b) The authority of the board to issue bonds under sections 23 through 28 of this chapter includes all property in the area to which service is extended, but bonds may not be issued upon property in the area to which service is extended that do not obligate other property in the district to the same degree. After determining the levy for the park district bond fund, the board shall certify the rate to be applied to the area in the same manner as the rate to be applied to property in the municipality.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-65; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-4-66.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-38 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-38. Application of Section; Annexed Territory; Levy for Park and Recreational Purposes; Semiannual Transfers in Certain Circumstances

Sec. 38. (a) This section applies in a county having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000) but less than four hundred thousand (400,000).(b) This section applies only if a municipality annexes or has annexed territory that is part of a district under this chapter after June 1, 1976.(c) Any annexed territory that is in the district before the effective date of the annexation ordinance remains a part of the district, and the property in the annexed territory is subject to the same levy for park and recreational purposes as other property within the district. The annexing municipality may not impose an additional levy on the property in the annexed territory for park and recreational purposes.(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the district's fiscal officer shall semiannually transfer to the annexing municipality's department one-half (1/2) of the property tax revenue attributable to property taxes imposed by the district on property that is within the annexed territory and that was annexed after June 1, 1976, and before March 4, 1988.(e) The fiscal officer for a district shall make the transfer required under subsection (d) on June 1 and December 1 of each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2018.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-10-28.5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110. Amended by P.L.56-1988, SEC.15; P.L.12-1992, SEC.190; P.L.212-2018(ss), SEC.33.
IN Code § 36-10-3-39 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-39. Application of Section; Discharge of Firearm or Shooting of Arrow With Bow, Class B Misdemeanor; Hunting, Firearm Sport, or Archery Area

Sec. 39. (a) This section applies only to parks within the jurisdiction of a county board.(b) A person who knowingly discharges a firearm or shoots an arrow with a bow into or inside a park commits a Class B misdemeanor.(c) This section does not apply to an area that the board designates as a hunting, firearm sport, or archery area.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-74.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.
IN Code § 36-10-3-40 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-40. Issuance of Bonds Payable From County Innkeeper's Tax

Sec. 40. As an alternative to issuing bonds under section 24 of this chapter, the board may issue bonds payable from the county innkeeper's tax. The issuance of the bonds must be initiated by a resolution of the commission established by IC 6-9-7-2, recommending the issuance of the bonds and their purpose. Bonds that are payable from the innkeeper's tax imposed under IC 6-9-7 must be retired before August 1, 1999.As added by P.L.74-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.85-1993, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-10-3-41 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-41. Approval of Bond Issuance by County Council; Reduction of Innkeeper's Tax Rate

Sec. 41. The bonds may not be issued until they have been approved by the county council. After the county council has approved the issuance of the bonds, the county council may not reduce the innkeeper's tax rate below a rate that would produce one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) times the highest annual debt service on the bonds to their final maturity, based on an average of the immediately preceding three (3) years tax collections, if the tax has been levied for the last preceding three (3) years. If the tax has not been levied for the last preceding three (3) years, the county council may not reduce the rate below a rate which would produce one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) times the highest debt service, based upon a study by a qualified public accountant or financial advisor.As added by P.L.74-1986, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-10-3-42 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-42. Hearing; Appropriation of Proceeds; Sale

Sec. 42. (a) The board shall hold a hearing as required by section 25 of this chapter. The board shall appropriate the proceeds of the bonds as required by law for special taxing district bonds.(b) IC 6-1.1-20-1, IC 6-1.1-20-2, and IC 6-1.1-20-5 apply to the issuance of the bonds.(c) The bonds may be sold at a public sale in accordance with IC 5-1-11 or may be sold at a negotiated sale.As added by P.L.74-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.25-1995, SEC.92; P.L.125-2018, SEC.9.