Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 5-1.5-3-1 - Powers(a) The bank is granted all powers necessary, convenient, or appropriate to carry out and effectuate its public and corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Have a perpetual existence as a body politic and corporate, and an independent instrumentality, but not a state agency, exercising essential public functions.(3) Adopt and alter an official seal.(4) Make and enforce bylaws and rules for the conduct of its business and for the use of its services and facilities, which bylaws and rules may be adopted by the bank without complying with IC 4-22-2.(5) Acquire, hold, use, and dispose of its income, revenues, funds, and money.(6) Acquire, rent, lease, hold, use, and dispose of property for its purposes.(7) Make contracts and incur liabilities, borrow money, issue its negotiable bonds or notes, subject to provisions for registration of negotiable bonds and notes, and provide for and secure their payment and provide for the rights of their holders, and purchase and hold and dispose of any of its bonds or notes.(8) Fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect fees and charges for the use of its services or facilities.(9) Accept gifts or grants of property, funds, money, materials, labor, supplies, or services from the United States, any governmental unit, or any person, carry out the terms or provisions or make agreements with respect to the gifts or grants, and do all things necessary, useful, desirable, or convenient in connection with procuring, accepting, or disposing of the gifts or grants.(10) Do anything authorized by this article, through its officers, agents, or employees or by contracts with a person.(11) Procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property, operations, or assets in amounts and from insurers as it considers desirable.(12) Cooperate with and exchange services, personnel, and information with any federal, state, or local government agency.(13) Do any act necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted by the referenced statutes, or reasonably implied from those statutes, including compliance with requirements of federal law imposed from time to time for the issuance of bonds.(b) The bank's powers under this article shall be interpreted broadly to effectuate the purposes of this article and may not be construed as a limitation of powers. The omission of a power from the list in subsection (a) does not imply that the bank lacks that power. The bank may exercise any power that is not listed in subsection (a) but is consistent with the powers listed in subsection (a) to the extent that the power is not expressly denied by the Constitution of the State of Indiana or by another statute.Amended by P.L. 259-2019,SEC. 5, eff. 5/5/2019.As added by P.L. 25-1984, SEC.1. Amended by P.L. 43-1985, SEC.6; P.L. 46-1987, SEC.6.