Indiana § 36-10-7-7 Acquisition and maintenance of grounds and structures by certain
townships for use as public parks; public park fund

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-10-7-7 — Acquisition and maintenance of grounds and structures by certain townships for use as public parks; public park fund

Indiana § 36-10-7-7

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 10RECREATION, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY

Ch. 7Miscellaneous Township Recreation Provisions

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Ind. Code § 36-10-7-7 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to all townships having a population between two thousand (2,000) and three thousand (3,000).

(b)The township executive may accept, acquire, and maintain grounds and structures to be used as public parks upon petition of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the resident taxpayers of the township.

(c)Whenever a park has been established in the township, the legislative body shall, at its annual meeting and annually each following year, levy a tax not exceeding one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in the township. The money shall be set aside in a public park fund to be used by the executive for the maintenance and improvement of the park and for no other purpose. [Pre-Local Government Recodification C

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(a) This section applies to all townships having
a population between two thousand (2,000) and three thousand (3,000).
(b) The township executive may accept, acquire, and maintain
grounds and structures to be used as public parks upon petition of at
least fifty-one percent (51%) of the resident taxpayers of the township.
(c) Whenever a park has been established in the township, the
legislative body shall, at its annual meeting and annually each
following year, levy a tax not exceeding one and sixty-seven
hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of
taxable property in the township. The money shall be set aside in a
public park fund to be used by the executive for the maintenance and
improvement of the park and for no other purpose.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection
(a) New; subsection (b) formerly 17-4-42-1; subsection (c) formerly
17-4-42-2.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.114. Amended by
P.L.157-1991, SEC.12; P.L.6-1997, SEC.235.