§ 36-10-3-10 — Board of park and recreation; duties

(a) The board shall:
(1) exercise general supervision of and make rules for the
department;
(2) establish rules governing the use of the park and recreation
facilities by the public;
(3) provide police protection for its property and activities, either
by requesting assistance from state, municipal, or county police
authorities, or by having specified employees deputized as police
officers; the deputized employees, however, are not eligible for
police pension benefits or other emoluments of police officers;
(4) appoint the necessary administrative officers of the
department and fix their duties;
(5) establish standards and qualifications for the appointment of
all personnel and approve their appointments without regard to
politics;
(6) make recommendations and an annual report to the executive
and fiscal body of the unit concerning the operation of the board
and the status of park and recreation programs in the district;
(7) prepare and submit an annual budget in the same manner as
other executive departments of the unit; and
(8) appoint a member of the board to serve on another kind of
board or commission, whenever a statute allows a park or
recreation board to do this.
(b) In a municipality, the board shall fix the compensation of
officers and personnel appointed under subsections (a)(4) and (a)(5),
subject to IC 36-4-7-5 and IC 36-4-7-6.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) formerly 19-7-4-21 part;
subdivision (8) formerly 19-7-4-69.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.