Title 8, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 10. "Motor carrier" means a common carrier, contract carrier, or carrier certified in accordance with rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.3.

Sec. 11. "Motor vehicle" means a truck, a tractor, a trailer, a semitrailer, a motor bus or another self-propelled or motor driven vehicle that is operated upon a public highway for the purpose of transporting persons or property for hire. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Sec. 11.2. "Motor vehicle insurance" means any type of insurance described in IC 27-1-5-1, Class 2(f). As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 12. "Permit" means: (1) the permit issued by the department to an intrastate contract carrier; and (2) the acknowledgment issued by the department to an interstate contract carrier as evidence of the registration of the contract carrier's interstate contract authority. As ad…

Sec. 13. "Person" means an individual, corporation, firm, or partnership. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Sec. 13.2. (a) "Personal vehicle", for purposes of sections 13.5, 16, 19, and 20 of this chapter, IC 8-2.1-19, and IC 8-2.1-19.1, means a vehicle that is: (1) used by a TNC driver to provide a prearranged ride; (2) owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the TNC driver;…

Sec. 13.5. (a) "Prearranged ride" means the provision of transportation by a TNC driver to a TNC rider: (1) beginning when the TNC driver accepts a TNC rider's request for a ride through a digital network controlled by a TNC; (2) continuing while the TNC driver transports the req…

Sec. 14. "Public highway" means a street, alley, road, highway, or thoroughfare in Indiana used by the traveling public. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Sec. 16. "Taxicab" means a motor vehicle that: (1) is designed and constructed to accommodate and transport not more than six (6) passengers in addition to the driver; (2) does not operate over any definite and designated routes within the corporate boundaries of a city or town a…

Sec. 17. "Temporary authority" means limited term motor carrier operating authority issued for periods up to one hundred eighty (180) days by the department to authorize transportation service for which there is an immediate and urgent need and that cannot be met by other motor c…

Sec. 18. "Transportation network company" or "TNC" means an entity that: (1) does business in Indiana; and (2) uses a digital network to connect TNC riders to TNC drivers to request prearranged rides. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.6.

Sec. 19. "TNC driver" means an individual who: (1) receives: (A) connections to potential TNC riders; and (B) related services; from a TNC in exchange for payment of a fee to the TNC; and (2) uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide prearranged rides to TNC riders: (A) upon co…

Sec. 2. "Broker" means: (1) a person who: (A) is not a common carrier or contract carrier; (B) is not a bona fide employee or agent of a common or contract carrier; and (C) as principal or agent, sells or offers to sell transportation service subject to regulation under this arti…

Sec. 20. "TNC rider" means an individual who uses a TNC's digital network to connect with a TNC driver who provides to the individual a prearranged ride: (1) in the TNC driver's personal vehicle; and (2) between points chosen by the individual. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.8.…

Sec. 3. "Certificate" means: (1) the certificate issued by the department to an intrastate motor carrier; or (2) the acknowledgment issued by the department to an interstate common carrier or a contract carrier. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.2.…

Sec. 4. "Common carrier" means a person that is regulated as a common carrier under this article. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Sec. 5. "Contract carrier" means a person that is regulated as a contract carrier under this article. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Sec. 5.2. "Delivery available period" means the period of time when a DNC driver is: (1) logged on to a digital network; (2) available to receive requests to provide delivery services from a DNC; (3) operating a personal vehicle; and (4) not providing delivery services or operati…

Sec. 5.3. "Delivery network company" or "DNC" means an entity that: (1) does business in Indiana; and (2) uses a digital network to connect DNC customers to DNC drivers to request the delivery of goods. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.2.

Sec. 5.4. "Delivery service period" means the period of time that: (1) begins when a DNC driver operates a personal vehicle en route to pick up at least one (1) good for a delivery or series of deliveries as documented by a digital network, regardless of when the DNC driver accep…

Sec. 5.5. "Delivery services" means the fulfillment of a delivery request made by a DNC customer through a digital network, including the: (1) pickup of a good; and (2) delivery of the good at the direction of a DNC customer by a DNC driver. The term may include a series of deliv…

Sec. 5.6. "DNC customer" means an individual who uses a digital network to order the delivery of a good to be delivered by a DNC driver at the direction of the individual. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 5.7. "DNC driver" means an individual who provides delivery services using a personal vehicle through a digital network. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 6. "Department" refers to the department of state revenue. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Sec. 6.5. (a) "Digital network", for purposes of IC 8-2.1-19.1, means an online enabled application, software, website, or system offered or used by a TNC to enable the prearrangement of rides with TNC drivers. (b) "Digital network", for purposes of this chapter and IC 8-2.1-19.3…

Sec. 7. "Emergency temporary authority" means limited term motor carrier operating authority issued for periods of thirty (30) days or less to meet an immediate and urgent need for service due to emergencies, in which time or circumstances do not reasonably permit the filing and …

Sec. 7.5. "Freight forwarder" means any person that: (1) holds itself out to the general public (other than as a pipeline, rail, motor, air, or water carrier) as a provider of transportation of property for compensation; and (2) in the ordinary course of its business: (A) assembl…

Sec. 8. "Household mover" means any person who undertakes, whether directly or by a lease or other arrangement, to transport household goods by motor vehicle for compensation on any public highway between two (2) or more points in Indiana, whether over regular or irregular routes…

Sec. 9. (a) "Household goods" means: (1) personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when the effects and property are parts of the equipment or supply of that dwelling; (2) furniture, fixtures, equipment and the property of stores, offices, museums, institutio…

Sec. 9.1. "Leasing company" means a lessor that is engaged in the business of leasing or renting for compensation motor vehicles without drivers to a motor carrier, motor private carrier, or freight forwarder. As added by P.L.42-2007, SEC.3.

Sec. 9.3. "Limousine" means a motor vehicle that: (1) is a passenger vehicle; and (2) is designed and constructed to accommodate and transport not more than fifteen (15) passengers, including the driver. As added by P.L.70-1990, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "agency" means a department, board, commission, office, or instrumentality of the state, including a state supported college or university, or of a political subdivision of the state. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.226.

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "owner" as applied to real property means the person or persons holding legal title to the property as shown by the records of the county recorder of the county in which the real property is situated, or the person or persons entitled as vendee u…

Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "code enforcement" means any project or program for the elimination or prevention of the development or spread of deteriorated or deteriorating areas through a systematic inspection of buildings and structures in an area and the enforcement of co…

Sec. 12. The following provisions apply to payments by the department of transportation under this chapter: (1) A payment by the department under section 13(3) or 14 of this chapter may not exceed the maximum allowances provided by federal law for persons displaced by federal pro…

Sec. 13. Whenever the acquisition of real property for a project undertaken by an agency, or a program of code enforcement by an agency in the state, will result in the displacement of any person, the agency shall make a payment to a displaced person, upon proper application as a…

Sec. 14. A displaced person eligible for payments under section 13 of this chapter who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this section in lieu of the payments authorized by section 13 may receive a moving expense allowance and a dislo…

Sec. 15. (a) A displaced person eligible for payment under section 13 of this chapter who is displaced from a place of business or farm operation and elects to accept the payment authorized by this section in lieu of the payment authorized by section 13 of this chapter may receiv…

Sec. 16. Except as provided in section 12(3) and 12(4) of this chapter, and in addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the agency shall make a payment to or for the benefit of a displaced person from a dwelling actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced pe…

Sec. 17. (a) In lieu of the amount determined under section 16 of this chapter, the agency may make a payment to the displaced person in an amount necessary to enable the person to make a down payment on the purchase of an adequate replacement dwelling, not in excess of two thous…

Sec. 18. Whenever acquisition of, or code enforcement upon, real property by an agency will result in the displacement of a person, the agency shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which shall offer the services described in section 20 of th…

Sec. 19. An agency causing displacement of a person shall cooperate to the maximum feasible extent with federal, state, or local agencies administering programs that may be of assistance to displaced persons, in order to assure that displaced persons receive the maximum assistanc…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "agency head" means the governing body or principal executive officer of an agency, or a duly designated delegate of the governing body or principal executive officer. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.226.

Sec. 20. Each relocation assistance advisory program required by section 18 of this chapter shall include measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order to: (1) determine the need, if any, of displaced persons for relocation assistance; (2) provide …

Sec. 21. Agencies shall coordinate relocation activities with project work and with other planned or proposed governmental actions in the community or nearby areas that may affect the carrying out of relocation assistance programs. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.226.

Sec. 22. (a) To prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons under this chapter, an agency required by this chapter to make relocation payments to displaced pe…