§ 14-13-1-28 — General powers of commission

The commission may do the following:
(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of the commission's affairs
and the conduct of the commission's business.
(2) Adopt an official seal, which may not be the seal of the state.
(3) Maintain a principal office and other offices that the
commission designates.
(4) Sue and be sued in the name and style of "White River State
Park Development Commission", with service of process being
had upon the chairman of the commission by leaving a copy at the
principal office of the commission.
(5) Acquire by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent
domain, or otherwise and hold, use, sell, lease, or dispose of:
(A) real and personal property of every kind and nature; and
(B) any right and interest;
necessary for the full exercise or convenient or useful for the
carrying on of any of the commission's powers under this chapter.
(6) Exercise within Indiana and in the name of the state of Indiana
the power of eminent domain under Indiana law governing the
exercise of the power of eminent domain for any public purposes.
(7) Fix, collect, and review admission charges, entrance fees,
tolls, and other user charges for the use of a facility within the
projects owned or leased by the commission or dedicated to the
commission by a political subdivision of the state or a public
agency, department, or commission having jurisdiction of the
facility.
(8) Acquire by fee or by lease, obtain option on, hold, and dispose
of real and personal property reasonably necessary and proper to
the exercise of the commission's powers and the performance of
the commission's duties under this chapter.
(9) Make and enter into all contracts, undertakings, and
agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the
commission's duties and the execution of the commission's
powers under this chapter.
(10) Employ and fix the compensation of consulting engineers,
superintendents, and other engineers, construction and accounting
experts, attorneys, and other employees and agents the
commission considers necessary.
(11) Conduct studies of the financial feasibility of the park and
recreational projects and facilities, betterments, and
improvements within those projects.
(12) Avail itself of the services of professional and other
personnel employed by an agency, a department, or a commission
of the state for purposes of studying the feasibility of or designing,
constructing, or maintaining the projects or a facility within those
projects.
(13) Receive and accept:
(A) from the federal government or a federal agency or
department grants for or in aid of the acquisition, construction,
improvement, or development of any part of the projects of the
commission; and
(B) aid or contributions from any source of money, property,
labor, or other things of value;
to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes, consistent
with the purposes of this chapter, for which the grants and
contributions may be made.
(14) Hold, use, administer, and expend the money that is
appropriated or transferred to the commission.
(15) Assist or cooperate with a political subdivision or public
agency, department, or commission, including the payment of
money or the transfer of property by the commission to the
political subdivision or public agency, department, or
commission, if the commission considers the assistance or
cooperation appropriate and in furtherance of the purposes of this
chapter.
(16) Accept assistance and cooperation from a political
subdivision or public agency, department, or commission,
including the acceptance of money or property by the commission
from the political subdivision or public agency, department, or
commission, if the commission considers the assistance or
cooperation appropriate and in furtherance of the purposes of this
chapter.
(17) All acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the
powers expressly granted in this chapter.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-29-8.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.