Title 8, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "subject utility company" refers to a utility company that is the subject of a finding by the commission under section 4 of this chapter. (b) If the commission makes a finding under section 4 of this chapter, the commission may, after notice a…

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) A municipality that, as of July 1, 2012, had established and operated a water utility. (2) An action brought under: (A) IC 8-1-2-92; (B) IC 8-1-2-93; or (C) IC 8-1.5-2; before March 1, 2013. (b) A municipality or other…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "eligible project" means either of the following: (1) A project: (A) that is undertaken by a local unit; (B) that repairs or increases the capacity of local roads and bridges; and (C) that is part of the local unit's transportation asset manag…

Sec. 1.5. A project described in section 1(a)(2) of this chapter may consist of one (1) or more of the following: (1) Installing appropriate road signs to warn vehicle drivers as they approach low water crossings. (2) Replacing damaged, undersized, perched, and blocked road struc…

Sec. 2. (a) The local road and bridge matching grant fund is established to provide matching grants to local units for eligible projects. (b) The department shall administer the fund. (c) The fund consists of the following: (1) Appropriations by the general assembly. (2) Interest…

Sec. 3. A local unit may apply to the department for a grant from the fund for an eligible project if the local unit: (1) uses a transportation asset management plan approved by the department; and (2) commits to a local match by using one (1) or more of the following: (A) Any mo…

Sec. 3.5. In each state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2026, a local unit that receives a distribution under section 2(k) of this chapter may be eligible for a grant from the local road and bridge matching grant fund described in section 2(h) of this chapter. The grant dist…

Sec. 4. A local unit's application for a grant from the fund must specify the amount of money that the local unit is committing to contribute to the eligible project. As added by P.L.146-2016, SEC.16.

Sec. 5. (a) In the evaluation of applications for grants from the fund for projects described in section 1(a) of this chapter, the department shall give preference to projects that are anticipated by the department to have the greatest regional economic significance for the regio…

Sec. 6. If the department approves a grant to a local unit under this chapter, the required local matching amount by the local unit is equal to the following applicable percentage of the total cost of the eligible project: (1) For a county applicant, the following: (A) Fifty perc…

Sec. 7. The department shall allocate at least fifty percent (50%) of the amount available to the department to make grants in a state fiscal year to: (1) local units that are counties having a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000); and (2) local units that are municipa…

Sec. 8. The department may adopt guidelines to implement this chapter, including guidelines that establish a maximum amount that any one (1) local unit may receive as a grant. However, if: (1) the department establishes a maximum amount per local unit; and (2) multiple local unit…

Sec. 9. Not later than July 1, 2022, the department shall make asset management plans of local units approved under this chapter available in an electronic format specified by the department on a website maintained by: (1) the department; or (2) an entity contracted by the depart…