Indiana Code 36-10-7-7. Acquisition and maintenance of grounds and structures by certain townships for use as public parks; public park fund
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Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to all townships having a population between two thousand (2,000) and three thousand (3,000).
(c) Whenever a park has been established in the township, the legislative body shall, at its annual meeting and annually each following year, levy a tax not exceeding one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in the township. The money shall be set aside in a public park fund to be used by the executive for the maintenance and improvement of the park and for no other purpose.
(b) The township executive may accept, acquire, and maintain grounds and structures to be used as public parks upon petition of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the resident taxpayers of the township.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-10-7-7
- Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) New; subsection (b) formerly 17-4-42-1; subsection (c) formerly 17-4-42-2.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.114. Amended by P.L.157-1991, SEC.12; P.L.6-1997, SEC.235.