Indiana § 36-10-4-20 Acquisition of property for various purposes; holding property in trust;
establishment of museums; contracts for management and maintenance
of facilities

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-10-4-20 — Acquisition of property for various purposes; holding property in trust; establishment of museums; contracts for management and maintenance of facilities

Indiana § 36-10-4-20

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 10RECREATION, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY

Ch. 4Parks Department in Certain Cities

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(a)Real and personal property may be granted, devised, leased, bequeathed, or conveyed to a city for park purposes or for the establishment, improvement, maintenance, or ornamentation of a park, playground, boulevard, pleasureway, parkway, wheelway, garden for horticulture and floriculture, museum, zoological garden, collection of natural history, observatory, library, fountain, monument, work of art, art gallery, or other public ground.

(b)The city may take and hold the property in trust or upon conditions that are approved by the board. The property and the rents, issues, and profits from it are subject to the exclusive control of the board.

(c)The board shall also provide accommodations and take the steps that the money at its disposal will justify for securing and preserving collect

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(a) Real and personal property may be
granted, devised, leased, bequeathed, or conveyed to a city for park
purposes or for the establishment, improvement, maintenance, or
ornamentation of a park, playground, boulevard, pleasureway, parkway,
wheelway, garden for horticulture and floriculture, museum, zoological
garden, collection of natural history, observatory, library, fountain,
monument, work of art, art gallery, or other public ground.
(b) The city may take and hold the property in trust or upon
conditions that are approved by the board. The property and the rents,
issues, and profits from it are subject to the exclusive control of the
board.
(c) The board shall also provide accommodations and take the steps
that the money at its disposal will justify for securing and preserving
collections of natural history and the establishment of museums in the
parks of the city.
(d) The property may be improved, added to, and changed at the
board's discretion and shall be protected, preserved, and arranged by
the board for the public use and enjoyment under the rules that the
board prescribes.
(e) The public may use and enjoy the facilities, although the board
may impose an admission charge for entrance into the gardens,
museums, and other collections.
(f) The board may also contract for the management and
maintenance of gardens, museums, art galleries, or other institutions
with a society incorporated under statute, as long as the public has the
right to use and enjoy the facilities. The board may also impose an
admission charge for entrance into these facilities, which remain
subject to the control of the board.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-7-30-14.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.