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

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to all townships having a population between two thousand (2,000) and three thousand (3,000).

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-10-7-7

Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5

(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.

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