Sec. 3. (a) A school corporation may lease a school building or buildings for the use of:

(1) the school corporation; or

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-47-3-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • 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
  • school building: means a building used as part of or in connection with the operation of schools and includes the:

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(2) a joint or consolidated school district of which the school corporation is a part or to which it contributes;

for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years.

     (b) A school corporation may not enter into a lease under this section unless the governing body, after investigation, determines that a need exists for the school building.

     (c) If two (2) or more school corporations propose to jointly enter into a lease under this section, joint meetings of the governing bodies of the school corporations may be held, but action taken at a joint meeting is not binding on any of those school corporations unless approved by a majority of the governing body of each of those school corporations. A lease executed by two (2) or more school corporations as joint lessees must:

(1) set out the amount of the total lease rental to be paid by each lessee, which may be as agreed upon; and

(2) provide that:

(A) there is no right of occupancy by any lessee unless the total rental is paid as stipulated in the lease; and

(B) all rights of joint lessees under the lease are in proportion to the amount of lease rental paid by each lessee.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-5-12-1 part.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.170. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.305.