Sec. 1. Upon: (1) the declaration of the commissioner organizing a district; (2) the qualification of the board; and (3) the election of a president, a treasurer, and a secretary; the district may exercise in the district's own name, as a municipal corporation, all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon the district by this article. [Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-3-2-10(a).] As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.16.