(a) The city legislative body may adopt an ordinance to create a separate municipal corporation under this chapter known as the '_________ Building Authority' (inserting the name of the city) to finance, construct, equip, operate, and lease land and buildings to the governmental entities within the county in which the authority is created.(b) The clerk of the city shall certify a copy of the ordinance and file the copy with the county recorder of the county in which the authority is created. When certified and filed, the ordinance is evidence in a civil action of the creation of the authority.(c) The city may not issue general obligation bonds of the city to finance the cost, in whole or in part, of the construction or acquisition of any building for use as a civic center. For purposes of this section, the city includes any governmental entity that contains any territory of the city.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.2-1995, SEC.139.
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