§ 36-7-18-10 — Employees; legal services; pension plans

Indiana § 36-7-18-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 18: Housing Authorities

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(a) A housing authority may employ an
executive director, technical experts, and other permanent and
temporary officers, agents, and employees required by the authority,
and may determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.
(b) If a housing authority needs legal services, it may call upon the
attorney for the unit or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.
(c) A housing authority may delegate powers and duties to its agents
and employees.
(d) A housing authority may contract for and purchase adequate
pension plans on behalf of those employees. The plans may be
purchased from any insurance company licensed to sell such plans in
the state, or from any other financial institutions that are approved by
a federal agency with which the authority has dealings, notwithstanding
any statute providing for participation of public employees in the
public employees retirement fund or any other publicly governed fund.
The expenses of such a contract or purchase shall be paid from funds
of the authority as other expenses are paid.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-8-5
part; 18-7-11-5 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.37. Amended by
P.L.344-1987, SEC.5.