2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 1. Bonds and Other Obligations › Chapter 17.5. Motorsports Investment District › 5-1-17.5-32. Lease of Structures and Improvements; Requirements

Sec. 32. (a) The commission may lease all or any part of structures and capital improvements located within a qualified motorsports facility from the authority, and the authority may lease all or any part of structures and capital improvements located within a qualified motorsports facility to the commission. Any property subject to such a lease is not exempt from taxation under the laws of the state solely by reason of it being subject to such a lease. In a lease from the authority to the commission, the commission may pledge:
(1) amounts appropriated to the commission and deposited in the motorsports investment district fund;
(2) any other rental payments, receipts, and income from the leased structures and capital improvements; or
(3) any other money legally available to the commission for the payment of rent under such a lease.
(b) The amount of any such rent may include the amount necessary to pay the principal of, redemption premium, and interest on any bonds issued by the authority under section 37 of this chapter, when due, the amount of any necessary reserves, and the amount of any expenses incurred by the authority or the commission in connection with the exercise of its duties and obligations set forth in this chapter.
(c) A lease from the authority to the commission under subsection (a):
(1) must set forth the terms and conditions of the use and occupancy, if applicable, under the lease;
(2) must set forth the amounts agreed to be paid at stated intervals for the use and occupancy, if applicable, under the lease;
(3) must provide that the commission is not obligated to continue to pay for the use and occupancy, if applicable, under the lease, but is instead required to vacate the equipment, structures, and capital improvements subject to the lease, if it is shown that the terms and conditions of such use and occupancy and the amount to be paid for such use and occupancy are unjust and unreasonable considering the value of the services, equipment, structures, and capital improvements thereby afforded;
(4) must provide that the commission is required to vacate such equipment, structures, and capital improvements if funds are not available to pay any sum agreed to be paid for such use and occupancy when due; and
(5) may contain any other provisions agreed upon by the authority and the commission.
(d) If the commission enters into such a lease with the authority, it may sublease the structures and capital improvements subject to the lease to the owner or owners of the qualified motorsports facility.
(e) The commission may, in anticipation of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, or equipping of any such structures or capital improvements, including any equipment or necessary appurtenances, enter into a lease with the authority before any such construction, reconstruction, renovation, or equipping. Such a lease must require the payment of lease rental by the commission to begin when the equipment, structures, or improvements have been acquired or completed and are ready for use and occupancy, if applicable, but not before that time.
(f) If necessary to enter into a lease under subsection (a):
(1) the commission may lease structures and capital improvements located within a motorsports investment district from the owner or owners of the qualified motorsports facility and sublease all or any part of such structures and capital improvements to the authority for a nominal rent; and
(2) the authority may lease all or any part of such structures and capital improvements from the commission for a nominal rent.
As added by P.L.233-2013, SEC.5.