Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-10-3-11

(1) enter into contracts and leases for facilities and services;

(2) contract with persons for joint use of facilities for the operation of park and recreation programs and related services;

(3) contract with another board, a unit, or a school corporation for the use of park and recreation facilities or services, and a township or school corporation may contract with the board for the use of park and recreation facilities or services;

(4) acquire and dispose of real and personal property, either within or outside Indiana;

(5) exercise the power of eminent domain under statutes available to municipalities;

(6) sell, lease, or enter into a royalty contract for the natural or mineral resources of land that it owns, the money received to be deposited in a nonreverting capital fund of the board;

(7) engage in self-supporting activities as prescribed by section 22 of this chapter;

(8) contract for special and temporary services and for professional assistance;

(9) delegate authority to perform ministerial acts in all cases except where final action of the board is necessary;

(10) prepare, publish, and distribute reports and other materials relating to activities authorized by this chapter;

(11) sue and be sued collectively by its legal name, as the “__________ (unit's name) Park and Recreation Board”, with service of process being had upon the president of the board, but costs may not be taxed against the board or its members in any action;

(12) invoke any legal, equitable, or special remedy for the enforcement of this chapter, a park or recreation ordinance, or the board's own action taken under either;  and

(13) release and transfer, by resolution, a part of the area over which it has jurisdiction for park and recreational purposes to park authorities of another unit for park and recreational purposes upon petition of the park or recreation board of the acquiring unit.

(1) the buildings or grounds are leased to an Indiana nonprofit corporation;

(2) the buildings or grounds are operated as a public golf course;  and

(3) the golf course remains subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the board.