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IN Code § 36-10-3-43 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-43. Certification of Debt Service Schedule; Time for Retirement of Bonds

Sec. 43. After the sale of the bonds the secretary of the board shall certify to the county auditor a debt service schedule for the bonds. The schedule must provide that bonds that are payable from the innkeeper's tax imposed under IC 6-9-7 are retired before August 1, 1999.As added by P.L.74-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.85-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 36-10-3-44 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-44. Lease or Contracts for Performance of Historical Pageants and Admissions and Maintenance of Facilities

Sec. 44. The board may enter into a lease or contracts with not-for-profit corporations providing detailed terms and conditions for:(1) the performance of historical pageants and entertainments; and(2) the charging of admissions and maintenance of the facilities.The contract must not extend for a longer term than the term of the bonds.As added by P.L.74-1986, SEC.11.
IN Code § 36-10-3-45 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 3. General Park and Recreation Law|36-10-3-45. Sections Not to Be Repealed During Period of Outstanding Bonds

Sec. 45. The general assembly covenants that it will not repeal or amend:(1) IC 6-9-7-6;(2) IC 6-9-7-7;(3) IC 36-10-3-40;(4) IC 36-10-3-41;(5) IC 36-10-3-42; and(6) IC 36-10-3-43;in a manner that would adversely affect owners of the bonds as long as the bonds are outstanding.As added by P.L.74-1986, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-10-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to each second class city in which the legislative body has adopted all or part of this chapter by ordinance.(b) This chapter applies to each third class city in which the legislative body has adopted all or part of this chapter by ordinance.(c) In addition, in a consolidated city sections 9(a) and 12 through 40 of this chapter apply to the department of parks and recreation and the board of parks and recreation, subject to IC 36-3-4-23.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-12-1 part; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-7-1 part; subsection (c) formerly 19-7-9-1 part; subsection (d) formerly 19-7-30-1 part; 18-4-13-2 part; 18-4-13-3 part; subsection (e) formerly 19-7-7-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.320, SEC.10; Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.48.
IN Code § 36-10-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter:"Board" refers to a board of park commissioners, or board of parks and recreation of a consolidated city."Department" refers to a department of public parks, or department of parks and recreation of a consolidated city."District" means the area within the jurisdiction of a department.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-4 part; 19-7-30-8 part; Part new.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
IN Code § 36-10-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-3. Department of Public Parks; Establishment; Board of Park Commissioners; Membership; Compensation; Oath

Sec. 3. (a) A department of public parks is established as an executive department of the city.(b) The department is under the control of a board of park commissioners. The board consists of four (4) commissioners appointed by the city executive. Each commissioner must be a freeholder residing in the city, and no more than two (2) commissioners may have the same political affiliation.(c) A second class city may pay each commissioner an annual salary in an amount fixed by the fiscal body. The commissioners shall be paid their actual expenses upon approval by the city executive.(d) Before beginning the commissioner's duties, each commissioner shall take and subscribe the usual oath of office. The oath shall be indorsed upon the certificate of appointment and filed with the city clerk. If a commissioner has not filed the commissioner's oath:(1) within thirty (30) days after the beginning of the commissioner's term; or(2) by the date of the commissioner's appointment if the commissioner was appointed after the beginning of the term;the commissioner is considered to have refused to serve and the office becomes vacant.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-9-1 part; 19-7-12-1 part; 19-7-30-1 part; subsections (b), (d) formerly 19-7-9-1 part; 19-7-30-1 part; subsection (c) formerly 19-7-14-1.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by P.L.176-2002, SEC.10; P.L.127-2017, SEC.379.
IN Code § 36-10-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-4. Commissioner; Appointment; Removal

Sec. 4. (a) By February 1 each year, the executive shall appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of a term. Each commissioner appointed holds office for a term of four (4) years, beginning with January 1 in the year of appointment. If a vacancy occurs on the board, the executive shall appoint a commissioner for the remainder of the term.(b) A commissioner may not be removed from office except upon charges preferred in writing before the executive, with a hearing held on them. If the executive is bringing the charges, the fiscal body shall appoint a hearing officer. The only permissible reasons for removal are as follows:(1) Inefficiency.(2) Neglect of duty.(3) Malfeasance in office.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsections (a), (b) formerly 19-7-9-2 part; 19-7-30-6 part; subsection (c) formerly 19-7-30-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.320, SEC.11.
IN Code § 36-10-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-6. Extended Districts in Certain Counties; Board of Park Commissioners; Term; Vacancy

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies whenever a district is extended under section 5 of this chapter and such district is not located in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) but less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).(b) After the district is extended under section 5 of this chapter, the board consists of five (5) commissioners. Two (2) commissioners shall be appointed by the city executive, two (2) commissioners shall be appointed by the county executive of the county in which the city is located, and one (1) commissioner shall be appointed by a majority vote of the presidents of the school boards of the school corporations in the county in which the city is located. The commissioners appointed by the county executive must be residents of the area of the district outside the corporate boundaries of the city. The commissioners appointed by the county executive may not be members of the same political party, and the commissioners appointed by the city executive may not be members of the same political party.(c) A commissioner of an extended district may hold office for an unlimited number of terms.(d) After the initial terms have expired, all of the commissioners after the extension of the district shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years, beginning on January 1. The terms of office of the three (3) commissioners in office at the time of the extension terminate January 1, and the terms of office of the new commissioners begin January 1. The city executive shall appoint one (1) commissioner for an initial term of two (2) years and one (1) for an initial term of four (4) years. The county executive shall appoint two (2) commissioners, one (1) commissioner for an initial term of two (2) years and the other commissioner for an initial term of four (4) years. The presidents of the school boards shall appoint one (1) commissioner for an initial term of four (4) years.(e) A vacancy in the office of a commissioner shall be filled for the remainder of the term by the appointing authority.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-30-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.320, SEC.12; P.L.358-1987, SEC.4; P.L.12-1992, SEC.191; P.L.170-2002, SEC.172; P.L.119-2012, SEC.236.
IN Code § 36-10-4-6.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-6.1. Extended Districts in Other Counties; Board of Park Commissioners; Term; Vacancy

Sec. 6.1. (a) This section applies whenever a district is extended under section 5 of this chapter and such district is located in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) but less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).(b) After the district is extended under section 5 of this chapter, the board consists of five (5) commissioners. Three (3) commissioners shall be appointed by the city executive, and two (2) commissioners shall be appointed by the county executive of the county in which the city is located. The commissioners appointed by the county executive must be residents of the areas of the district outside the corporate boundaries of the city. No more than two (2) of the three (3) commissioners appointed by the city executive may be members of the same political party, and the commissioners appointed by the county executive may not be members of the same political party.(c) A commissioner of an extended district may hold office for an unlimited number of terms.(d) All commissioners after the extension of the district shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years, beginning on January 1. The three (3) commissioners whose terms of office have not expired continue in office and are considered appointees of the city executive until the expiration of the four (4) year terms for which they each were originally appointed. The county executive shall appoint two (2) commissioners, one for a term of two (2) years and the other for a term of four (4) years. As the term of each commissioner expires, a new commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years so that at all times the board consists of three (3) commissioners appointed by the city executive and two (2) commissioners appointed by the county executive.(e) A vacancy in the office of a commissioner shall be filled for the remainder of the term by the appointing authority.As added by P.L.358-1987, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.12-1992, SEC.192; P.L.170-2002, SEC.173; P.L.119-2012, SEC.237.
IN Code § 36-10-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-7. Board of Park Commissioners; Election of Officers; Quorum; Regular Meetings; Office; Report; Disposition of Money Received

Sec. 7. (a) The board shall elect at its first regular meeting in February each year one (1) of the commissioners president and another vice president. The vice president shall perform the duties of the president during the absence or disability of the president.(b) A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum. Action of the board is not binding unless authorized by a majority of the commissioners at a regular or duly called special meeting of the board. If there is a tie vote on any question, the city executive shall cast the deciding vote.(c) The board shall fix a time for holding regular meetings. Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by its president, or by any two (2) of the commissioners, upon a written request to the secretary. If a special meeting is called, the secretary shall notify the commissioners by mailing written notices of the time of the meeting at least one (1) day before the meeting. All meetings are open to the public.(d) The proper authorities of the city shall provide a suitable office for the board where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at all reasonable times.(e) By February 1 of each year the board shall make a report to the city executive of:(1) its proceedings, including a full statement of its receipts and disbursements for the preceding calendar year;(2) the acquisition of lands by the board;(3) improvements made by the board; and(4) general character of the work of the board during the preceding year.(f) Money received by the board shall immediately be paid into the city treasury and credited to the department. All expenditures relating to the parks, parkways, public grounds, public ways, and other places of the city under the control of the department shall be provided for by a special levy of taxes. The money shall be paid from the city treasury when ordered by the board.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-3; 19-7-30-7.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
IN Code § 36-10-4-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-8. Taxing District for Levying Special Benefit Taxes

Sec. 8. All of the area:(1) within the corporate boundaries of a city; and(2) in unincorporated areas of the county to which the district has been extended;constitutes a taxing district for levying special benefit taxes for park purposes as provided in this chapter. Area added to the district under section 5 of this chapter is considered to have received a special benefit from the park facilities of the district equal to or greater than the special taxes imposed on the area by this chapter in order to pay all or a part of the cost of the facilities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-4 part; 19-7-30-8 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
IN Code § 36-10-4-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-10. Powers of Board Extended Five Miles Outside Corporate City Boundaries

Sec. 10. In a city that adopted this chapter by ordinance under IC 19-7-9 (before its repeal on September 1, 1981), the powers granted the board by section 9(a) extend five (5) miles outside the corporate boundaries of the city.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-9-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.320, SEC.14; P.L.3-1990, SEC.140.
IN Code § 36-10-4-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-11. Shade Trees and Lawns Along Public Ways; Resolution Assessing Cost; Hearing; Assessments; Playgrounds; Public School Grounds or Buildings

Sec. 11. (a) The board has exclusive control over the planting, trimming, and maintenance of shade trees along the public ways of the city. The board may:(1) take over and control the improvement, maintenance, and embellishment of all lawns and street centers in and along the public ways of the city; or(2) compel the owners of lots and parcels of land bordering on the public ways to plant, trim, protect, and maintain shade trees and to sod, plant, and maintain lawns and centers after first adopting a resolution showing the public necessity and assessing the cost against the abutting lots and parcels of land.(b) After adopting a resolution under subsection (a), the board shall give notice and provide a hearing, with right of remonstrance, in the same manner as is provided for street and sidewalk improvements by the works board of the city. However, instead of letting a contract to the highest and best bidder, the board may carry out the improvement with its own employees and charge the actual cost in the same manner as if a contract was let. The cost may include a reasonable guaranty, but may not, however, exceed the estimate to be made and placed on file at the time of the adoption of the resolution.(c) All assessments levied for the improvements are payable in one (1) payment, without notice, at the next regular taxpaying time after the completion of the improvement. The assessments are liens against the separate lots and parcels of land abutting the improvement. If they are not paid when due, they may be enforced by foreclosure, after giving notice, in the same manner as assessments for street and sidewalk improvements.(d) The board has exclusive control over the establishment and maintenance of public playgrounds, public playfields, public swimming pools, public baths, community centers, and recreation centers in the city. The board shall select directors, assistants, and employees to manage and control the facilities and shall prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. The board may expend the sums from the general park fund for recreation purposes that it considers advantageous to the city.(e) The governing body of the school corporation of the city may permit the use of public school grounds or buildings under its control that are required or adaptable for recreation purposes when that use will not interfere with use for school purposes.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-4 part; 19-7-9-7 part; 19-7-30-9 part; 19-7-30-36; 19-7-30-37 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
IN Code § 36-10-4-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-12. Open Spaces for Park, Recreational, or Civic Purposes

Sec. 12. The board may develop open spaces for park, recreational, or civic purposes in cities where areas have become blighted or require redevelopment for the public welfare in cooperation with the redevelopment commission and the plan commission for the city, providing out of park funds, by bond issue, from other available funds, or by the receipt of grants or donations for such purposes the money necessary for the redevelopment commission to acquire the areas for the department and paying the money to the redevelopment commission for the project.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-30-9 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
IN Code § 36-10-4-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-13. Law Governing Adoption of Plans, Giving of Notice, and Receiving of Bids in Letting of Contract

Sec. 13. The board is subject to IC 36-1-12 governing similar action by the works board when adopting plans, giving notice, and receiving bids in the letting of a contract for public improvements or repairs.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-6; 19-7-30-10.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.57, SEC.43.
IN Code § 36-10-4-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-14. Actions to Recover Damages for Breach of Agreement, Penalties for Violation of Ordinance, Damages for Injury to Property, and Possession of Property

Sec. 14. The board may bring an action in the name of the city to recover:(1) damages for the breach of an agreement, expressed or implied, relating to or growing out of the establishment, management, or improvement of the parks, public ways, and other property used for park purposes under its control;(2) penalties for the violation of an ordinance;(3) damages for injury to the personal or real property relating to the parks, public ways, and other property used for park purposes; or(4) possession of property.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-7 part; 19-7-30-11 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
IN Code § 36-10-4-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-15. Publication of Rules Adopted by Board

Sec. 15. All rules that the board adopts under this chapter shall be published in accordance with IC 5-3-1.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-7 part; 19-7-30-11 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.98.
IN Code § 36-10-4-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-17. Granting of Public Utility Franchise

Sec. 17. A franchise may not be granted by the city for the construction or maintenance of railways or telephone, telegraph, pipe, or conduit lines upon, across, over, or through a park, parkway, park boulevard, boulevard, or driveway under the control of the board without the consent of the board.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-7-9-7 part; 19-7-30-11 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
IN Code § 36-10-4-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 4. Parks Department in Certain Cities|36-10-4-18. Ordinance Authorizing Sale of Park Lands; Disposition of Proceeds

Sec. 18. If a board decides to sell a part of the park lands owned by the city, it shall prepare an ordinance authorizing the sale and submit it to the city legislative body. If the legislative body passes the ordinance, the land shall be sold as other land of the city is sold and the proceeds of the sale credited to the department. The proceeds shall be expended for the improvement of the remaining park land or for the purchase of other land for park purposes, as the board considers best for the city.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-30-13 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.