(a)The military base reuse authority may do
the following:
(1)Acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, grant, condemnation, or
lease, or any combination of methods, any personal military base
property or interest in real military base property or other real or
personal property located within the corporate boundaries of the
unit.
(2)Hold, use, sell (by conveyance by deed, land sale contract, or
other instrument), exchange, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of
real or personal military base property or other real and personal
property to private enterprise or state or local government, on the
terms and conditions that the reuse authority considers best for the
unit and its inhabitants.
(3)Sell, lease, or grant interests in all or part of the real property
acquired from a military base to an
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(a) The military base reuse authority may do
the following:
(1) Acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, grant, condemnation, or
lease, or any combination of methods, any personal military base
property or interest in real military base property or other real or
personal property located within the corporate boundaries of the
unit.
(2) Hold, use, sell (by conveyance by deed, land sale contract, or
other instrument), exchange, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of
real or personal military base property or other real and personal
property to private enterprise or state or local government, on the
terms and conditions that the reuse authority considers best for the
unit and its inhabitants.
(3) Sell, lease, or grant interests in all or part of the real property
acquired from a military base to any other department of the unit
or to any other governmental agency for public ways, levees,
sewerage, parks, playgrounds, schools, and other public purposes
on any terms that may be agreed on.
(4) Clear real property acquired for the purposes of this chapter.
(5) Repair and maintain structures acquired for the purposes of
this chapter.
(6) Remodel, rebuild, enlarge, or make major structural
improvements on structures acquired from a military base.
(7) Survey or examine any land to determine whether it should be
acquired for the purpose of this chapter and to determine the
value of the land.
(8) Appear before any other department or agency of the unit or
any other governmental agency in respect to any matter affecting:
(A) real property acquired or being acquired for the purposes of
this chapter; or
(B) any reuse area within the jurisdiction of the reuse authority.
(9) Institute or defend in the name of the unit any civil action.
(10) Use any legal or equitable remedy that is necessary or
considered proper to protect and enforce the rights of and perform
the duties of the reuse authority.
(11) Exercise the power of eminent domain in the name of and
within the corporate boundaries of the unit in the manner
prescribed by section 16 of this chapter.
(12) Appoint an executive director, appraisers, real estate experts,
engineers, architects, surveyors, attorneys, accountants, and other
consultants that are necessary or desired by the authority in
exercising its powers or carrying out its responsibilities under this
chapter.
(13) Appoint clerks, guards, laborers, and other employees the
reuse authority considers advisable. However, the appointments
must be made in accordance with the merit system of the unit if
the unit has a merit system.
(14) Prescribe the duties and regulate the compensation of
employees of the military base reuse authority.
(15) Provide a pension and retirement system for employees of
the military base reuse authority, or use the public employees'
retirement fund or a retirement plan approved by the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(16) Discharge and appoint successors to employees of the
military base reuse authority subject to subdivision (13).
(17) Rent offices for use of the reuse authority or accept the use
of offices furnished by the unit.
(18) Equip the offices of the reuse authority with the necessary
furniture, furnishings, equipment, records, and supplies.
(19) Expend on behalf of the special taxing district all or any part
of the money of the special taxing district.
(20) Design, order, contract for, and construct, reconstruct,
improve, or renovate the following:
(A) Local public improvements or structures that are necessary
for the reuse of military base property within the corporate
boundaries of the unit.
(B) Any structure that enhances the development, economic
development, or reuse of military base property.
(21) Accept loans, grants, and other forms of financial assistance
from the federal government, the state government, a municipal
corporation, a special taxing district, a foundation, or any other
source.
(22) Provide financial assistance, in the manner that best serves
the purposes of this chapter, including grants and loans, to enable
private enterprise to develop, redevelop, and reuse military base
property or otherwise enable private enterprise to provide social
and economic benefits to the citizens of the unit.
(23) Enter into contracts for providing police, fire protection, and
utility services to the military base reuse area.
(24) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary
or incidental to the performance of the duties of the reuse
authority and the execution of the power of the reuse authority
under this chapter.
(25) This subdivision does not apply to a reuse authority in a
county for which the total amount of net property taxes allocated
to all allocation areas or other tax increment financing areas
established by a redevelopment commission, military base reuse
authority, military base development authority, or another similar
entity in the county in the preceding calendar year exceeded
nineteen percent (19%) of the total net property taxes billed in the
county in the preceding calendar year. Subject to prior approval
by the fiscal body of the unit that established the reuse authority,
expend money and provide financial assistance (including grants
and loans):
(A) in direct support of:
(i) an active military base located within the unit; or
(ii) an entity located in the territory or facilities of a military
base or former military base within the unit that is scheduled
for closing or is completely or partially inactive or closed, or
an entity that is located in any territory or facilities of the
United States Department of Defense within the unit that are
scheduled for closing or are completely or partially inactive
or closed;
including direct support for the promotion of the active military
base or entity, the growth of the active military base or entity,
and activities at the active military base or entity; and
(B) in support of any other entity that provides services or
direct support to an active military base or entity described in
clause (A).
The fiscal body of the unit that established the reuse authority
must separately approve each grant, loan, or other expenditure for
financial assistance under this subdivision. The terms of any loan
that is made under this subdivision may be changed only if the
change is approved by the fiscal body of the unit that established
the reuse authority. As used in this subdivision, "active military
base" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-4-20.
(26) Take any action necessary to implement the purposes of the
reuse authority.
(b) All powers that may be exercised under this chapter by the reuse
authority may also be exercised by the reuse authority in carrying out
its duties and purposes under IC 36-7-14.5 or IC 36-7-15.3.