CHAPTER 2. STATE HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS

IC 15-14-2
    Chapter 2. State Horticultural Associations

IC 15-14-2-1
Horticulture associations; methods of incorporation; bodycorporate and politic; property
    Sec. 1. (a) A state, district, or county society of persons associatedfor horticultural purposes may incorporate in the following manner:
        (1) A state horticultural society may incorporate by depositinga certified copy of the society's articles of association, with itsname and a description and an impress of the seal adopted bythe society, in the office of the secretary of state.
        (2) A district or county horticultural association mayincorporate by depositing, under the seal of the statehorticultural association, a statement showing that the districtor county association:
            (A) was organized for horticultural purposes and is entitledto representation; and
            (B) has consented to elect at least one (1) delegate torepresent the association;
        in the state horticultural association at its annual and officialmeetings, in the office of the recorder of the county where thedistrict or county horticultural association is organized, alongwith the name by which the association will be known and adescription of the seal adopted. The recorder shall record thestatement in the miscellaneous record. A fee of fifty cents($0.50) may be charged and collected to record the statement.
    (b) A state, district, or county horticultural association:
        (1) is a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession;and
        (2) may:
            (A) sue and be sued;
            (B) enter into contracts;
            (C) plead and be impleaded;
            (D) take, hold, and convey real and personal property; and
            (E) make bylaws and rules for the governance of theassociation and the management of its affairs and propertyconsistent with Indiana law.
    (c) A state, district, or county horticultural association may:
        (1) purchase;
        (2) improve; or
        (3) sell, not exceeding, at any one (1) time, one hundred (100)acres of land;
for the use and purposes of the association, and may erect buildingson the land necessary for the use of the association and theimprovement of the land.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-2-2
Annual meeting; representatives; reports    Sec. 2. (a) The state horticultural association organized undersection 1 of this chapter shall hold, in Indianapolis or anotherlocation in Indiana to be selected by the association at the precedingmeeting, an annual meeting, for the purpose of deliberating andconsulting as to the wants, prospects, and conditions of thehorticultural interests of the people of Indiana.
    (b) At the annual meeting, the district and county horticulturalassociations may be represented by one (1) or more delegates each,as the state association provides. The district and county associationsshall forward, by representatives, the report of the condition andprospects of the district or county associations to the statehorticultural society.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-2-3
State horticulture association; maintenance of collections
    Sec. 3. (a) When the state horticultural association has compliedwith this chapter, the association is entitled to the occupancy and useof any unappropriated room in the state capitol or other building usedor occupied by the state.
    (b) The room described in subsection (a) shall be designated asthe department of horticulture.
    (c) An association occupying the room described in subsection (a)may maintain in the room:
        (1) a library;
        (2) specimens and representations of horticultural industry;
        (3) collections of insect specimens or birds that are injurious orbeneficial to horticultural products in Indiana; and
        (4) floral specimens and representations collected by theassociation.
Those items and other items that the association collects and depositsin the room must be available for public inspection and examinationunder rules adopted by the association.
    (d) The association:
        (1) shall hold the items described in subsection (c) until orderedunder rules adopted by the association or the interests ofhorticulture require; and
        (2) may adopt bylaws for the association's protection and goodorder that are considered necessary and not inconsistent withIndiana law.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.