Indiana Code
Chapter 3. State Armory Board
10-16-3-6. Lease or Purchase of Real Estate; Erection; Occupancy and Use

Sec. 6. (a) The state armory board may:
(1) lease real estate from:
(A) the federal, the state, or a local government; or
(B) a federal, state, or local agency; or
(2) purchase real estate throughout the state;
where necessary to provide armories or other military purposes.
(b) The state armory board shall lease or purchase real estate in the name and for the use of the state. The state armory board may erect on the real estate an armory or another appropriate structure to be used for meetings, rendezvous, and drill purposes by the following organizations:
(1) A company.
(2) A battery.
(3) A troop.
(4) A battalion.
(5) A regiment.
(6) A division organization.
(7) An air squadron.
(8) A related group.
(9) An organization authorized by the state board.
The ordnance stores, quartermaster stores, and other property issued to an organization described in this subsection and occupying the armory shall be stored in the armory or other appropriate structure.
(c) The state armory board shall arrange for the occupancy and use of the armories under the direction and responsibility of the senior officer in command of an organization described in subsection (b).
(d) An armory may not be erected on land that is leased for less than fifty (50) years.
(e) The Indiana wing of the civil air patrol and its subordinate units may use armory facilities without charge when the officer responsible for the armory determines the use would not interfere with operational training requirements of the military forces concerned.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-2-13.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.38-2011, SEC.4.