§ 36-10-10-10 — Board; powers

Indiana § 36-10-10-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 10: RECREATION, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY
• Ch. 10: Civic Center Building Authority in South Bend or

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The board may finance and construct a
building or buildings to be used as a convention center on land owned
or leased by the authority and lease that land and building or buildings
to the city in which the authority has been created. The board, acting in
the name of the authority, also may:
(1) sue and be sued; however, all actions against the authority
shall be brought in the circuit or superior courts of the county in
which the authority is located;
(2) appropriate, purchase, lease, and hold any real property
needed or considered useful in connection with a convention
center constructed or to be constructed under this chapter;
(3) acquire by gift, devise, or bequest real and personal property
and hold, use, expend, or dispose of that property for the purposes
authorized by this chapter;
(4) enter upon any lots or lands for the purpose of surveying or
examining them for determining the location of any convention
center;
(5) design, order, contract for, and construct a convention center
and make all necessary or desirable improvements to the grounds
and premises that it acquires;
(6) enter into a lease with the city;
(7) collect rentals payable as provided for in a lease; and
(8) make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or
incidental for the performance of its duties and the execution of
its powers under this chapter.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.4.