Sec. 30. (a) The city hospital, city, or county desiring to have buildings erected on land owned or acquired by the city hospital, city, or county may sell the land to the authority. Before the sale may take place, the legislative body of the city, the governing board of the hospital, or executive of the county having authorized the sale shall file a petition with the circuit court of the county requesting the appointment of:

(1) one (1) disinterested freeholder of the county as an appraiser; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-22-7-30

  • authority: means the hospital association created by section 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-22-7-1
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
(2) two (2) disinterested appraisers licensed under IC 25-34.1;

who are residents of Indiana to determine the fair market value of the land. One (1) of the appraisers appointed under subdivision (2) must reside not more than fifty (50) miles from the land. Upon appointment, the appraisers shall fix the fair market value of the land and shall report not more than two (2) weeks after the date of the appraisers’ appointment. The city hospital, city, or county may sell the land to the authority for an amount not less than the amount fixed as the fair market value by the appraisers. The amount may be paid from proceeds of bonds of the authority.

     (b) The city legislative body must authorize the sale of land owned by the city by resolution or ordinance and the deed shall be executed by the city executive and city clerk.

     (c) The governing board must authorize the sale of land owned by the city hospital by resolution and the deed shall be executed by the president or vice president and the secretary of the governing board.

     (d) The county executive must authorize the sale of land owned by the county by resolution or order, and the deed shall be executed by the county executive and the county auditor.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20.5-18.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.113-2006, SEC.12.