The development 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 a
unit that contains all or part of the military base.
(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 development authority considers
best for the state and the state's inhabitants.
(3)Sell, lease, or grant interests in all or part of the r
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The development 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 a
unit that contains all or part of the military base.
(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 development authority considers
best for the state and the state's inhabitants.
(3) Sell, lease, or grant interests in all or part of the real property
acquired from a military base to a department of a 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 a 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 development area within the jurisdiction of the
development authority.
(9) Institute or defend in the name of the development authority
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 development authority.
(11) Exercise the power of eminent domain within military base
property in the manner prescribed by section 21 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
development authority considers advisable.
(14) Prescribe the duties and regulate the compensation of
employees of the development authority.
(15) Provide a pension and retirement system for employees of
the development authority.
(16) Discharge and appoint successors to employees of the
development authority.
(17) Rent offices for use of the development authority or accept
the use of offices furnished by a unit.
(18) Equip the offices of the development authority with the
necessary furniture, furnishings, equipment, records, and supplies.
(19) Expend on behalf of the counties represented on the
development authority all or any part of the money of the
development authority.
(20) Design, order, contract for, construct, reconstruct, improve,
or renovate the following:
(A) Local public improvements or structures that are necessary
for the development of military base property.
(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 state.
(23) Enter into contracts for providing police, fire protection, and
utility services to the military base development area.
(24) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary
or incidental to the performance of the duties of the development
authority and the execution of the power of the development
authority under this chapter.
(25) Adopt a seal.
(26) This subdivision does not apply to a development authority
located 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
development 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 development
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 development authority. As used in this
subdivision, "active military base" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-4-20.
(27) Take any action necessary to implement the purposes of the
development authority.