Sec. 14. (a) A board may establish an association of Indiana conservancy districts and have the district become a member. The association must have as purposes the following:
(1) To assist in the assembly and dissemination of information in all aspects of the organization, financing, construction of improvements, operation, and maintenance of districts for the benefit of districts and persons desiring to establish districts.
(2) To inform persons interested in the functions of districts.
(3) Because a district is a statutory entity, to assist in recommending legislation to keep abreast of developing needs.
(b) The commission shall make the initial call to establish the association and may thereafter, together with Purdue University, give the association the reasonable assistance that the association requires.
(c) The association shall determine and elect officers and committees.
(d) Each member district may do the following:
(1) Pay reasonable annual dues.
(2) For the purpose of attending and engaging in the association's functions and affairs:
(A) employ agents and employees; and
(B) pay the expenses of the district's directors.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-58(b) part, (c).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.