Indiana § 36-10-4-24 - Appropriation of property; purposes
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 36-10-4-24 — Appropriation of property; purposes, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 36-10-4-24. Appropriation of property; purposes
Sec. 24. The board may appropriate property for:
(1) establishing a park, parkway, pleasure driveway, or boulevard;
(2) widening or extending a park, parkway, pleasure driveway, or boulevard;
(3) opening, widening, or extending a route or right-of-way for a sewer or channel of a watercourse connected with or necessary for the protection of a park, parkway, pleasure driveway, or boulevard;
(4) constructing an embankment or levee along a watercourse for the protection of a park, parkway, pleasure driveway, or boulevard;
(5) constructing a bridge or viaduct upon or connected with a park, parkway, pleasure driveway, or boulevard; or
(6) converting a public way connecting a park, parkway, or boulevard in the city into a boulevard or pleasure driveway.
The board may also, in the same proceeding, provide for the construction of improvements to the property for the purposes for which the property is appropriated. In addition, the board may provide for the construction of any of the improvements when the property or a part of it has been secured by contract or other means.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-30-18.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 36-10-4-24 ("Appropriation of property; purposes") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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