2023 Indiana Code › Title 36. Local Government › Article 7. Planning and Development › Chapter 30. Reuse of Federal Military Bases › 36-7-30-9. Powers of Reuse Authority

Sec. 9. (a) The military base reuse authority may do the following:
(1) Acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, grant, condemnation, or lease, or any combination of methods, any personal military base property or interest in real military base property or other real or personal property located within the corporate boundaries of the unit.
(2) Hold, use, sell (by conveyance by deed, land sale contract, or other instrument), exchange, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of real or personal military base property or other real and personal property to private enterprise or state or local government, on the terms and conditions that the reuse authority considers best for the unit and its inhabitants.
(3) Sell, lease, or grant interests in all or part of the real property acquired from a military base to any other department of the unit or to any other governmental agency for public ways, levees, sewerage, parks, playgrounds, schools, and other public purposes on any terms that may be agreed on.
(4) Clear real property acquired for the purposes of this chapter.
(5) Repair and maintain structures acquired for the purposes of this chapter.
(6) Remodel, rebuild, enlarge, or make major structural improvements on structures acquired from a military base.
(7) Survey or examine any land to determine whether it should be acquired for the purpose of this chapter and to determine the value of the land.
(8) Appear before any other department or agency of the unit or any other governmental agency in respect to any matter affecting:
(A) real property acquired or being acquired for the purposes of this chapter; or
(B) any reuse area within the jurisdiction of the reuse authority.
(9) Institute or defend in the name of the unit any civil action.
(10) Use any legal or equitable remedy that is necessary or considered proper to protect and enforce the rights of and perform the duties of the reuse authority.
(11) Exercise the power of eminent domain in the name of and within the corporate boundaries of the unit in the manner prescribed by section 16 of this chapter.
(12) Appoint an executive director, appraisers, real estate experts, engineers, architects, surveyors, attorneys, accountants, and other consultants that are necessary or desired by the authority in exercising its powers or carrying out its responsibilities under this chapter.
(13) Appoint clerks, guards, laborers, and other employees the reuse authority considers advisable. However, the appointments must be made in accordance with the merit system of the unit if the unit has a merit system.
(14) Prescribe the duties and regulate the compensation of employees of the military base reuse authority.
(15) Provide a pension and retirement system for employees of the military base reuse authority, or use the public employees' retirement fund or a retirement plan approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(16) Discharge and appoint successors to employees of the military base reuse authority subject to subdivision (13).
(17) Rent offices for use of the reuse authority or accept the use of offices furnished by the unit.
(18) Equip the offices of the reuse authority with the necessary furniture, furnishings, equipment, records, and supplies.
(19) Expend on behalf of the special taxing district all or any part of the money of the special taxing district.
(20) Design, order, contract for, and construct, reconstruct, improve, or renovate the following:
(A) Local public improvements or structures that are necessary for the reuse of military base property within the corporate boundaries of the unit.
(B) Any structure that enhances the development, economic development, or reuse of military base property.
(21) Accept loans, grants, and other forms of financial assistance from the federal government, the state government, a municipal corporation, a special taxing district, a foundation, or any other source.
(22) Provide financial assistance, in the manner that best serves the purposes of this chapter, including grants and loans, to enable private enterprise to develop, redevelop, and reuse military base property or otherwise enable private enterprise to provide social and economic benefits to the citizens of the unit.
(23) Enter into contracts for providing police, fire protection, and utility services to the military base reuse area.
(24) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the duties of the reuse authority and the execution of the power of the reuse authority under this chapter.
(25) This subdivision does not apply to a reuse authority in a county for which the total amount of net property taxes allocated to all allocation areas or other tax increment financing areas established by a redevelopment commission, military base reuse authority, military base development authority, or another similar entity in the county in the preceding calendar year exceeded nineteen percent (19%) of the total net property taxes billed in the county in the preceding calendar year. Subject to prior approval by the fiscal body of the unit that established the reuse authority, expend money and provide financial assistance (including grants and loans):
(A) in direct support of:
(i) an active military base located within the unit; or
(ii) an entity located in the territory or facilities of a military base or former military base within the unit that is scheduled for closing or is completely or partially inactive or closed, or an entity that is located in any territory or facilities of the United States Department of Defense within the unit that are scheduled for closing or are completely or partially inactive or closed;
including direct support for the promotion of the active military base or entity, the growth of the active military base or entity, and activities at the active military base or entity; and
(B) in support of any other entity that provides services or direct support to an active military base or entity described in clause (A).
The fiscal body of the unit that established the reuse authority must separately approve each grant, loan, or other expenditure for financial assistance under this subdivision. The terms of any loan that is made under this subdivision may be changed only if the change is approved by the fiscal body of the unit that established the reuse authority. As used in this subdivision, "active military base" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-4-20.
(26) Take any action necessary to implement the purposes of the reuse authority.
(b) All powers that may be exercised under this chapter by the reuse authority may also be exercised by the reuse authority in carrying out its duties and purposes under IC 36-7-14.5 or IC 36-7-15.3.
As added by P.L.26-1995, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.95-2014, SEC.6.