§ 15-16-6-6 — Articles filing; corporate nature and powers; assessment; bylaws

Indiana § 15-16-6-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 16: HORTICULTURE CONTROL
• Ch. 6: Organization of Horticultural and Quarantine Districts

Text

(a) Before or after the election of directors, the
association shall:
(1) file the articles of association in the office of the secretary of
state; and
(2) record in the recorder's office of each county in which any part
of the proposed horticultural and quarantine district is situated a
duplicate copy of the articles of association.
(b) After the articles of association are filed and recorded, the
association is a body politic and corporate, by the name and style
adopted. The association has all the rights, powers, and privileges
given to corporations to:
(1) sue and be sued, plead and be pleaded, answer and be
answered, in any court with jurisdiction;
(2) borrow money and levy assessments upon the owners of lands,
orchards, trees, and other fruit bearing plants situated in the
district; and
(3) rent, lease, purchase, hold, sell, and convey personal property
as is necessary and proper for the purposes and objectives of the
corporation.
(c) A majority of the members of the association may:
(1) adopt bylaws for the government of the horticultural and
quarantine district; and
(2) make rules as may be necessary to carry the bylaws into force
and effect.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-7-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.