Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 65. (a) This section applies only to a residential housing development program established under section 64 of this chapter. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that may be exercised by the commission in bligh…

Sec. 66. (a) This section applies only to a residential housing development program established under section 64 of this chapter. (b) The commission must make the following findings in the resolution adopting a residential housing program under section 64 of this chapter: (1) The…

Sec. 67. (a) This section applies only to a residential housing development program established under section 64 of this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding section 26(a) of this chapter, with respect to the allocation and distribution of property taxes for the accomplishment of the pur…

Sec. 7. (a) In carrying out its duties and purposes under this chapter, the commission may do the following: (1) Acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, grant, lease, or condemnation, or any combination of methods, any real or personal property or interest in property needed for the…

Sec. 8. (a) Whenever the commission finds that: (1) an area in the redevelopment district is an area needing redevelopment; (2) the conditions described in IC 36-7-1-3 cannot be corrected in the area by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operations of private enterprise with…

Sec. 9. (a) After or concurrent with adoption of a resolution under section 8 of this chapter, the commission shall determine whether the resolution and the redevelopment plan conform to the comprehensive plan of development for the consolidated city and approve or disapprove the…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each unit having a redevelopment commission under IC 36-7-15.1. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 10. (a) After compilation of the data required by section 9 of this chapter, the commission shall consider adopting a resolution declaring the area described under section 9 of this chapter a district under this chapter. The commission may adopt the resolution only after mak…

Sec. 11. Upon adoption of a resolution designating a district under section 10 of this chapter, the commission shall publish (in accordance with IC 5-3-1) notice of the adoption and purport of the resolution and of the hearing to be held. The notice must provide a general descrip…

Sec. 12. At the hearing, which may be adjourned from time to time, the commission shall hear all persons interested in the proceedings and shall consider all written remonstrances that have been filed with the commission. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 13. After considering the evidence presented at the hearing, the commission shall take final action confirming, modifying and confirming, or rescinding the resolution. The action taken by the commission is final, except that an appeal may be taken under section 14 of this ch…

Sec. 14. (a) A person who filed a written remonstrance with the commission under section 11 of this chapter and is aggrieved by the final action taken may, within ten (10) days after that final action, file an appeal in the office of the clerk of the circuit or superior court wit…

Sec. 15. The determination of the commission to create a district under this chapter must be approved by ordinance of the legislative body of the unit before the commission transmits its resolution to the Indiana finance authority and the department of state revenue under section…

Sec. 16. Within thirty (30) days after the approval of the creation of the district by the unit under section 15 of this chapter, the commission shall transmit to the department of state revenue and the Indiana finance authority the following: (1) A certified copy of the resoluti…

Sec. 2. (a) Present economic conditions in certain areas of certain units are stagnant or deteriorating. (b) Present economic conditions in such areas are beyond remedy and control by regulatory processes because of the substantial public financial commitments necessary to encour…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "commission" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-7-15.1-3. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "district" refers to an economic development project district established under this chapter. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "economic development project" mean a project that: (1) accomplishes the purposes specified in section 10 of this chapter; and (2) involves an expenditure for a local public improvement. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "local public improvement" means any redevelopment project or purpose of a commission or a unit under this chapter or IC 36-7-15.1. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "remonstrance" refers to a written remonstrance delivered to a commission in accordance with section 12 of this chapter. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 8. In addition to the powers and duties set forth in any other statute, a commission has the powers and duties set forth in this chapter. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.13.

Sec. 9. If a commission believes that the redevelopment and economic development of an area located within its jurisdiction may require the establishment of a district under this chapter before January 1, 1989, the commission shall cause to be assembled data sufficient to make th…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each unit having an authority. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.

Sec. 10. (a) Before a lease may be entered into, the commission must find that the lease rental provided for is fair and reasonable. (b) A lease of local public improvements from the authority to the commission: (1) must comply with IC 36-7-15.1-17.1, IC 36-7-15.1-46, or IC 36-7-…

Sec. 11. This chapter and IC 36-7-15.1-17.1, IC 36-7-15.1-46, or IC 36-7-30-20 contain full and complete authority for leases between the authority and the commission. No law, procedure, proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders, or acts by the board or the …

Sec. 12. If the lease provides for a local public improvement or improvements thereto to be constructed by the authority, the plans and specifications shall be submitted to and approved by the commission. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.

Sec. 13. The authority and the commission may enter into common wall (party wall) agreements or other agreements concerning easements or licenses. These agreements shall be recorded with the recorder of the county. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.

Sec. 14. (a) The commission may lease for a nominal lease rental, or sell to the authority, one (1) or more local public improvements or portions thereof or land upon which a local public improvement is located or is to be constructed. (b) Any lease of all or a portion of a local…

Sec. 15. (a) The authority may issue bonds for the purpose of obtaining money to pay the cost of: (1) acquiring property; (2) constructing, improving, reconstructing, or renovating one (1) or more local public improvements; or (3) funding or refunding bonds issued under this chap…

Sec. 16. (a) This chapter contains full and complete authority for the issuance of bonds. No law, procedure, proceeding, publication, notice, consent, approval, order, or act by the board of any other officer, department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or of any politica…

Sec. 17. (a) The authority may secure bonds issued under this chapter by a trust indenture between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or national or state bank within Indiana that has trust powers. (b) The trust indenture may: (1) pledge or assi…

Sec. 18. If the commission exercises its option to purchase leased property, it may issue its bonds as authorized by statute. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.

Sec. 19. All: (1) property owned by the authority; (2) revenues of the authority; and (3) bonds issued by the authority, the interest on the bonds, the proceeds received by a holder from the sale of bonds to the extent of the holder's cost of acquisition, proceeds received upon r…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "authority" refers to the county convention and recreational facilities authority established by IC 36-10-9.1. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.

Sec. 20. Any action to contest the validity of bonds to be issued under this chapter may not be brought after the fifteenth day following: (1) the receipt of bids for the bonds, if the bonds are sold at public sale; or (2) the publication one (1) time in a newspaper of general ci…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the board of directors of the authority. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "bonds" means bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the authority. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to a redevelopment commission established under IC 36-7-15.1 or a military base reuse authority established under IC 36-7-30 and located in a county with a consolidated city. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.2-19…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "local public improvement" means any redevelopment project or purpose of a commission or a unit under IC 36-7-15.1 or IC 36-7-30. As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.2-1989, SEC.42; P.L.26-1995, SEC.10.

Sec. 7. (a) In addition to its purposes specified in IC 36-10-9.1-10, the authority is also organized for the following purposes: (1) Financing, constructing, and leasing local public improvements to the commission. (2) Financing and constructing additional improvements to local …

Sec. 8. (a) In addition to its powers under IC 36-10-9.1-11, the authority may also: (1) finance, improve, construct, reconstruct, renovate, purchase, lease, acquire, and equip local public improvements; (2) lease those local public improvements to the commission; (3) sue, be sue…

Sec. 8.5. An authority is: (1) subject to audit by the state board of accounts under IC 5-11; (2) covered by IC 5-14-1.5 (the public meetings law); (3) covered by IC 5-14-3 (the public records law); and (4) covered by IC 36-1-12 (the public works law). As added by P.L.149-2014, S…

Sec. 8.6. (a) This section applies to meetings under IC 5-14-1.5 of members of: (1) the commission; or (2) the board. (b) The definitions in IC 5-14-1.5 apply to this section. (c) A member may participate in a meeting by an electronic means that allows: (1) all participating memb…

Sec. 9. (a) Bonds issued under IC 36-7-15.1 may be refunded as provided in this section. (b) The commission may: (1) lease all or a portion of a local public improvement or improvements to the authority, which may be at a nominal lease rental with a lease back to the commission, …

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the city of Indianapolis. As added by P.L.194-1988, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. (a) A resolution of the commission that establishes an improvement and maintenance district must be approved by the legislative body of the city. (b) After this approval, the resolution is final and conclusive, and no attack may be made challenging the resolution or the …