Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to:

(1) political subdivisions; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-1-10.5-1

  • 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.
(2) their agencies.

     (b) This chapter does not apply to the purchase of:

(1) real property having a total price (including land and structures, if any) of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less;

(2) airport land or structures under IC 8-22;

(3) library land or structures under IC 36-12;

(4) school land or structures under IC 20-47;

(5) hospital land or structures by a hospital or health and hospital corporation established and operated under IC 16-22 or IC 16-23;

(6) land or structures acquired for a road or street right-of-way for a federal-aid project funded in any part under 23 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.;

(7) land or structures by redevelopment commissions under IC 36-7-14 or IC 36-7-15.1, or redevelopment authorities under IC 36-7-14.5;

(8) land by a municipally owned water utility, if:

(A) the municipally owned water utility has performed or contracted with another party to perform sampling and drilling tests of the land; and

(B) the sampling and drilling tests indicate the land has water resources; or

(9) land or structures acquired for railroad right-of-way or other railroad purposes for a federal aid project funded in any part under 49 U.S.C. § 103 et seq.

As added by P.L.336-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.188-1988, SEC.4; P.L.114-1989, SEC.2; P.L.2-1993, SEC.197; P.L.221-1997, SEC.1; P.L.1-2005, SEC.233; P.L.2-2006, SEC.187; P.L.194-2007, SEC.11; P.L.146-2017, SEC.13.