Sec. 39. (a) This section applies only to parks within the jurisdiction of a county board.

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B misdemeanorup to 180 daysup to $1,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-3-3

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-10-3-39

  • Board: refers to a park and recreation board. See Indiana Code 36-10-3-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     (b) A person who knowingly discharges a firearm or shoots an arrow with a bow into or inside a park commits a Class B misdemeanor.

     (c) This section does not apply to an area that the board designates as a hunting, firearm sport, or archery area.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-74.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.