Title 8, TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "customer" means a person to whom telecommunications services are provided. As added by P.L.92-1998, SEC.2.

Sec. 1.3. As used in this chapter, "letter of agency" means a written statement that a customer signs that authorizes a change to that customer's primary interexchange carrier or primary local exchange carrier. As added by P.L.135-1999, SEC.1.

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "preferred carrier change order" means a request to change a customer's telecommunications provider. As added by P.L.135-1999, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "telecommunications" means the electronic transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information sent and received. The term does not include com…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "telecommunications provider" means a person that provides telecommunications service. As added by P.L.92-1998, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "telecommunications service" means making telecommunications available to the public for a fee. As added by P.L.92-1998, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. A customer of a telecommunications provider may not be: (1) switched to another telecommunications provider unless the customer authorizes the switch; or (2) billed for services by a telecommunications provider that without the customer's authorization added the services …

Sec. 5.5. A telecommunications provider may not submit a preferred carrier change order unless the order has first been confirmed in accordance with one (1) of the following procedures: (1) The telecommunications provider has obtained the customer's written authorization through …

Sec. 6. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement IC 8-1-29-5.5. The commission's rules shall ensure that a customer of a telecommunications provider is not: (1) switched to another telecommunications provider without the customer's authorization; or (2) bille…

Sec. 7. A complaint may be filed with the commission by any of the following: (1) A customer of a telecommunications provider who has been: (A) switched by one (1) telecommunications provider to another telecommunications provider without the customer's authorization; or (B) bill…

Sec. 7.5. (a) If after notice and hearing the commission finds that a telecommunications provider has violated: (1) section 5 of this chapter; or (2) rules adopted under section 6 of this chapter; the commission may impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundre…

Sec. 8. The commission may refer a violation of section 5 of this chapter or rules adopted under section 6 of this chapter to the attorney general as a deceptive act. If a violation of section 5 of this chapter or rules adopted under section 6 of this chapter is referred to the a…

Sec. 1. If, after hearing on a complaint or petition filed with the Indiana department of transportation, the department determines that a party complainant is entitled to an award of damages for the violation of the laws of this state prescribing the duties and powers of the dep…

Sec. 2. If a carrier does not comply with an order for the payment of money within the time limit in an order, the complainant (or a person for whose benefit the order was made) may file, in the circuit or superior court of a county into or through which the road of the carrier r…

Sec. 3. All complaints for the recovery of damages shall be filed with the Indiana department of transportation within two (2) years from the time the cause of action accrues. A complaint for the enforcement of an order for the payment of money shall be filed in court within one …

Sec. 4. (a) In suits filed under this chapter, all parties in whose favor the Indiana department of transportation may have made an award for damages by a single order may be joined as plaintiffs, and all the carriers that are parties to the order awarding damages may be joined a…

Sec. 5. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative to all other rights and remedies of the parties and all other powers of the Indiana department of transportation. Formerly: Acts 1913, c.273, s.5. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.83; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.54; P.L.18-1990, SEC.6…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "study" refers to the study of transportation infrastructure funding mechanisms that is the subject of the contract described in section 2 of this chapter. As added by P.L.208-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. The department shall contract with a third party to study transportation infrastructure funding mechanisms. The contract must include the following terms: (1) A description of the funding mechanisms that will be studied. The funding mechanisms must include the following: …

Sec. 3. The study must do the following: (1) Review the literature of similar studies conducted in other jurisdictions. (2) Determine the costs of maintaining the transportation infrastructure designated in the contract under the rating system designated in the contract. (3) For …

Sec. 4. Not later than July 1 of each year of the study, the department shall provide the results of the study to date to the following: (1) The legislative council, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. (2) The governor. As added by P.L.208-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.53-2014…

Sec. 5. The department shall pay the amount necessary for the study out of any funds available for the purpose. As added by P.L.208-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 6. Upon conclusion of the study, the department shall consider the appropriateness of implementing a voluntary pilot program based on one (1) or more of the mechanisms included in the study. As added by P.L.208-2014, SEC.1.