Ind. Code § 8-22-2-15

Sec. 15. Whenever the fiscal body of an eligible entity determines that the public interest and the interest of the entity will be served by assisting another entity to exercise the powers granted by this chapter, the former entity may furnish assistance by gift, or lease with or without rental, of real property, by the donation, lease with or without rental, or loan, of personal property, and by the appropriation of monies that may be provided for by taxation or the issuance of bonds in the same manner as funds might be provided for the same purposes if the entity were exercising the powers granted in its own behalf.