Sec. 28. The commission may do the following:

(1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of the commission's affairs and the conduct of the commission's business.

(2) Adopt an official seal, which may not be the seal of the state.

(3) Maintain a principal office and other offices that the commission designates.

(4) Sue and be sued in the name and style of "White River State Park Development Commission", with service of process being had upon the chairman of the commission by leaving a copy at the principal office of the commission.

(5) Acquire by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise and hold, use, sell, lease, or dispose of:

(A) real and personal property of every kind and nature; and

(B) any right and interest;

necessary for the full exercise or convenient or useful for the carrying on of any of the commission's powers under this chapter.

(6) Exercise within Indiana and in the name of the state of Indiana the power of eminent domain under Indiana law governing the exercise of the power of eminent domain for any public purposes.

(7) Fix, collect, and review admission charges, entrance fees, tolls, and other user charges for the use of a facility within the projects owned or leased by the commission or dedicated to the commission by a political subdivision of the state or a public agency, department, or commission having jurisdiction of the facility.

(8) Acquire by fee or by lease, obtain option on, hold, and dispose of real and personal property reasonably necessary and proper to the exercise of the commission's powers and the performance of the commission's duties under this chapter.

(9) Make and enter into all contracts, undertakings, and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the commission's duties and the execution of the commission's powers under this chapter.

(10) Employ and fix the compensation of consulting engineers, superintendents, and other engineers, construction and accounting experts, attorneys, and other employees and agents the commission considers necessary.

(11) Conduct studies of the financial feasibility of the park and recreational projects and facilities, betterments, and improvements within those projects.

(12) Avail itself of the services of professional and other personnel employed by an agency, a department, or a commission of the state for purposes of studying the feasibility of or designing, constructing, or maintaining the projects or a facility within those projects.

(13) Receive and accept:

(A) from the federal government or a federal agency or department grants for or in aid of the acquisition, construction, improvement, or development of any part of the projects of the commission; and

(B) aid or contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of value;

to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes, consistent with the purposes of this chapter, for which the grants and contributions may be made.

(14) Hold, use, administer, and expend the money that is appropriated or transferred to the commission.

(15) Assist or cooperate with a political subdivision or public agency, department, or commission, including the payment of money or the transfer of property by the commission to the political subdivision or public agency, department, or commission, if the commission considers the assistance or cooperation appropriate and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

(16) Accept assistance and cooperation from a political subdivision or public agency, department, or commission, including the acceptance of money or property by the commission from the political subdivision or public agency, department, or commission, if the commission considers the assistance or cooperation appropriate and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

(17) All acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-29-8.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.