§ 15-14-2-1 — Horticulture associations; methods of incorporation; body corporate and politic; property

Indiana § 15-14-2-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 14: AGRICULTURAL FAIRS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND
• Ch. 2: State Horticultural Associations

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(a) A state, district, or county society of
persons associated for horticultural purposes may incorporate in the
following manner:
(1) A state horticultural society may incorporate by depositing a
certified copy of the society's articles of association, with its name
and a description and an impress of the seal adopted by the
society, in the office of the secretary of state.
(2) A district or county horticultural association may incorporate
by depositing, under the seal of the state horticultural association,
a statement showing that the district or county association:
(A) was organized for horticultural purposes and is entitled to
representation; and
(B) has consented to elect at least one (1) delegate to represent
the association;
in the state horticultural association at its annual and official
meetings, in the office of the recorder of the county where the
district or county horticultural association is organized, along with
the name by which the association will be known and a
description of the seal adopted. The recorder shall record the
statement in the miscellaneous record. A fee of fifty cents ($0.50)
may be charged and collected to record the statement.
(b) A state, district, or county horticultural association:
(1) is a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession; and
(2) may:
(A) sue and be sued;
(B) enter into contracts;
(C) plead and be impleaded;
(D) take, hold, and convey real and personal property; and
(E) make bylaws and rules for the governance of the association
and the management of its affairs and property consistent with
Indiana law.
(c) A state, district, or county horticultural association may:
(1) purchase;
(2) improve; or
(3) sell, not exceeding, at any one (1) time, one hundred (100)
acres of land;
for the use and purposes of the association, and may erect buildings on
the land necessary for the use of the association and the improvement
of the land.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1-11-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.