IC 15-14-2
Chapter 2. State Horticultural Associations
IC 15-14-2-1 Horticulture associations; methods of incorporation; body
corporate and politic; property
Sec. 1. (a) A state, district, or county society of persons associated
for horticultural purposes may incorporate in the following manner:
(1) A state horticultural society may incorporate by depositing
a certified copy of the society's articles of association, with its
name and a description and an impress of the seal adopted by
the society, in the office of the secretary of state.
(2) A district or county horticultural association may
incorporate by depositing, under the seal of the state
horticultural association, a statement showing that the district
or county association:
(A) was organized for horticultural purposes and is entitled
to representation; and
(B) has consented to elect at least one (1) delegate to
represent the association;
in the state horticultural association at its annual and official
meetings, in the office of the recorder of the county where the
district or county horticultural association is organized, along
with the name by which the association will be known and a
description of the seal adopted. The recorder shall record the
statement 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 the
association and the management of its affairs and property
consistent 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 buildings
on the land necessary for the use of the association and the
improvement 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 under
section 1 of this chapter shall hold, in Indianapolis or another
location in Indiana to be selected by the association at the preceding
meeting, an annual meeting, for the purpose of deliberating and
consulting as to the wants, prospects, and conditions of the
horticultural interests of the people of Indiana.
(b) At the annual meeting, the district and county horticultural
associations may be represented by one (1) or more delegates each,
as the state association provides. The district and county associations
shall forward, by representatives, the report of the condition and
prospects of the district or county associations to the state
horticultural 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 complied
with this chapter, the association is entitled to the occupancy and use
of any unappropriated room in the state capitol or other building used
or occupied by the state.
(b) The room described in subsection (a) shall be designated as
the 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 or
beneficial to horticultural products in Indiana; and
(4) floral specimens and representations collected by the
association.
Those items and other items that the association collects and deposits
in the room must be available for public inspection and examination
under rules adopted by the association.
(d) The association:
(1) shall hold the items described in subsection (c) until ordered
under rules adopted by the association or the interests of
horticulture require; and
(2) may adopt bylaws for the association's protection and good
order that are considered necessary and not inconsistent with
Indiana law. As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.
IC 15-14-2
Chapter 2. State Horticultural Associations
IC 15-14-2-1 Horticulture associations; methods of incorporation; body
corporate and politic; property
Sec. 1. (a) A state, district, or county society of persons associated
for horticultural purposes may incorporate in the following manner:
(1) A state horticultural society may incorporate by depositing
a certified copy of the society's articles of association, with its
name and a description and an impress of the seal adopted by
the society, in the office of the secretary of state.
(2) A district or county horticultural association may
incorporate by depositing, under the seal of the state
horticultural association, a statement showing that the district
or county association:
(A) was organized for horticultural purposes and is entitled
to representation; and
(B) has consented to elect at least one (1) delegate to
represent the association;
in the state horticultural association at its annual and official
meetings, in the office of the recorder of the county where the
district or county horticultural association is organized, along
with the name by which the association will be known and a
description of the seal adopted. The recorder shall record the
statement 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 the
association and the management of its affairs and property
consistent 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 buildings
on the land necessary for the use of the association and the
improvement 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 under
section 1 of this chapter shall hold, in Indianapolis or another
location in Indiana to be selected by the association at the preceding
meeting, an annual meeting, for the purpose of deliberating and
consulting as to the wants, prospects, and conditions of the
horticultural interests of the people of Indiana.
(b) At the annual meeting, the district and county horticultural
associations may be represented by one (1) or more delegates each,
as the state association provides. The district and county associations
shall forward, by representatives, the report of the condition and
prospects of the district or county associations to the state
horticultural 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 complied
with this chapter, the association is entitled to the occupancy and use
of any unappropriated room in the state capitol or other building used
or occupied by the state.
(b) The room described in subsection (a) shall be designated as
the 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 or
beneficial to horticultural products in Indiana; and
(4) floral specimens and representations collected by the
association.
Those items and other items that the association collects and deposits
in the room must be available for public inspection and examination
under rules adopted by the association.
(d) The association:
(1) shall hold the items described in subsection (c) until ordered
under rules adopted by the association or the interests of
horticulture require; and
(2) may adopt bylaws for the association's protection and good
order that are considered necessary and not inconsistent with
Indiana law. As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.
IC 15-14-2
Chapter 2. State Horticultural Associations
IC 15-14-2-1 Horticulture associations; methods of incorporation; body
corporate and politic; property
Sec. 1. (a) A state, district, or county society of persons associated
for horticultural purposes may incorporate in the following manner:
(1) A state horticultural society may incorporate by depositing
a certified copy of the society's articles of association, with its
name and a description and an impress of the seal adopted by
the society, in the office of the secretary of state.
(2) A district or county horticultural association may
incorporate by depositing, under the seal of the state
horticultural association, a statement showing that the district
or county association:
(A) was organized for horticultural purposes and is entitled
to representation; and
(B) has consented to elect at least one (1) delegate to
represent the association;
in the state horticultural association at its annual and official
meetings, in the office of the recorder of the county where the
district or county horticultural association is organized, along
with the name by which the association will be known and a
description of the seal adopted. The recorder shall record the
statement 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 the
association and the management of its affairs and property
consistent 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 buildings
on the land necessary for the use of the association and the
improvement 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 under
section 1 of this chapter shall hold, in Indianapolis or another
location in Indiana to be selected by the association at the preceding
meeting, an annual meeting, for the purpose of deliberating and
consulting as to the wants, prospects, and conditions of the
horticultural interests of the people of Indiana.
(b) At the annual meeting, the district and county horticultural
associations may be represented by one (1) or more delegates each,
as the state association provides. The district and county associations
shall forward, by representatives, the report of the condition and
prospects of the district or county associations to the state
horticultural 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 complied
with this chapter, the association is entitled to the occupancy and use
of any unappropriated room in the state capitol or other building used
or occupied by the state.
(b) The room described in subsection (a) shall be designated as
the 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 or
beneficial to horticultural products in Indiana; and
(4) floral specimens and representations collected by the
association.
Those items and other items that the association collects and deposits
in the room must be available for public inspection and examination
under rules adopted by the association.
(d) The association:
(1) shall hold the items described in subsection (c) until ordered
under rules adopted by the association or the interests of
horticulture require; and
(2) may adopt bylaws for the association's protection and good
order that are considered necessary and not inconsistent with
Indiana law. As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.
