Indiana Code 14-13-4-12. General powers
(1) Conduct studies necessary for the performance of the commission’s duties.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-13-4-12
- commission: refers to the river marina development commission. See Indiana Code 14-13-4-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- corridor: means the strip of land in Indiana abutting the Ohio River and the immediate tributaries of the Ohio River. See Indiana Code 14-13-4-2
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) Provide recommendations in matters related to the commission’s functions and objectives to the following:
(A) Political subdivisions in and adjacent to the corridor.
(B) Other public and private agencies.
(4) When requested, act as a coordinating agency for programs and activities of other public and private agencies that are related to the commission’s objectives.
(5) Acquire and dispose of real or personal property by grant, gift, purchase, lease, devise, or otherwise.
(6) Hold, use, improve, maintain, operate, own, manage, or lease as lessor or lessee:
(A) real or personal property; or
(B) any interest in real and personal property.
(7) Employ an executive director and other individuals necessary to carry out the commission’s duties.
(b) The commission may contract for staff services with:
(1) qualified agencies or individuals; or
(2) a planning commission established under IC 36-7-7;
unless the commission employs the commission’s own staff.
(c) It is the goal of marina projects under this chapter to create employment in the private sector.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-33-11.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.