Title 8, TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 1. Any public utility operating under a license, permit, or franchise existing on May 31, 1921, from any county, city, or town within the state of Indiana shall, upon filing, at any time prior to July 1, 1923, with the auditor or clerk of any such county, city, or town which…

Sec. 1. All railroad corporations doing business in this state shall, between July 1 and August 20 in each year, destroy detrimental plants (as defined in IC 15-16-8-1), noxious weeds, and rank vegetation growing on lands occupied by them. Formerly: Acts 1889, c.82, s.1. As amend…

Sec. 2. In case any railroad company shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements specified in section 1 of this chapter, such company shall be liable in a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25), to be prosecuted for in an action of debt by any person feeling himself agg…

Sec. 1. Where two (2) or more railroad companies own or operate railroads extending into, through or near the same city or town, such companies, or any two (2) or more of them, may form a union railway corporation, according to this chapter. Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.1. As ame…

Sec. 10. (a) If any union railway company in carrying out the powers granted by this chapter considers it necessary that any part of a street, avenue, or alley in a town or city in which the union railway is situated should be vacated, it is lawful for the executive and legislati…

Sec. 11. Any such union railway company may, by agreement in writing with any railroad company not being one of said proprietary companies, and owning or operating a railroad which extends to, into, through or near the town or city in or near which such union railroad is or may b…

Sec. 12. The board of directors of any such union railway company shall annually elect a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall serve for one (1) year, and until their successors are elected. Any general officer of either of the proprietary companies …

Sec. 13. It shall be competent for the board of directors of such union railway company to organize a board of managers, to consist of a representative from each proprietary company, as well as a representative from each associate company previously admitted, such representatives…

and duties Sec. 14. It shall be competent for the board of directors of such union railway company, in the agreement by which any associate company or companies may be admitted as aforesaid, to delegate to such board of managers such and so much of the authority, power and jurisd…

Sec. 15. Every such union railway company shall be primarily liable to the public and to third persons on its contracts and for its torts, but it shall be competent, as between themselves, for such proprietary companies, such associate companies, and said union railway company, t…

Sec. 16. Any union railway company organized prior to March 2, 1885, under the provisions of Acts 1852, 1RS, c.84 may adopt the provisions of this chapter by filing a written statement setting forth its acceptance of the provisions of this chapter, which written statement shall b…

conclusiveness upon associate companies Sec. 17. Whenever, prior to March 2, 1885, any union railway company shall have been incorporated, and the proprietary companies of such union railway company shall have, by agreement in writing with any other railroad company, such as is d…

Sec. 18. The proprietary companies shall be jointly liable for all debts due for labor done for such union railway company on its tracks, depots and other property that shall not be paid by such union railway company, but such liability shall not be enforceable against the said p…

Sec. 19. Any such union railway company may make running arrangements with any of its proprietary companies, or with any of its associate companies, whereby such union railway company shall acquire the right to use the roads and tracks of such proprietary companies, or of said as…

Sec. 2. The railroad companies uniting in the formation of such corporation are designated as proprietary companies, and shall make a certificate of incorporation, in which they shall specify the name of the company to be incorporated under the certificate of incorporation, the a…

Sec. 3. Such certificate of incorporation shall be signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary of each of said proprietary companies, and shall be sealed with its corporate seal, and shall be acknowledged by the respective companies by their said offic…

Sec. 4. The board of directors of any such union company shall consist of not less than one (1) representative for each of the proprietary companies to be selected by the respective companies which they are to represent: Provided, That the board may increase the number of directo…

Sec. 5. The interest of each proprietary company in the union company in its capital stock and in its property and effects of every kind shall be deemed an appurtenance to the railroad of such proprietary company, and shall not be transferable or alienable otherwise than with and…

Sec. 6. Any such union railway company may, as owner or lessee thereof, operate any belt railroad extending around, or partly around, the town or city in or near which such union railway may be situated, the track of which belt road connects with the track of said union railway c…

Sec. 7. Any such union railway company may erect, construct, rebuild and replace, in connection with its tracks, union depots, car sheds and such other structures and appliances as the company may deem necessary to facilitate the transaction of its business, and the business of i…

Sec. 8. The condemnations authorized in section 7 of this chapter may be made according to: (1) the provisions of the charter of any or either of the proprietary companies; (2) the general railroad law of Indiana in effect at the time that provides for the condemnation of real es…

Sec. 9. Any such union railway company shall have power to borrow money for the purpose of raising means to carry out the powers conferred by this chapter, and may issue coupon or other bonds payable to bearer, bearing interest not exceeding the highest contract rate of interest …

Sec. 1. The Indiana department of transportation shall, upon proper petition by: (1) five (5) or more citizens of this state; or (2) a board of county commissioners; conduct a hearing to declare as dangerous or extra hazardous any grade crossing in this state that the department …

Formerly: Acts 1931, c.89, s.2. As amended by Acts 1965, c.200, s.2. Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.66, SEC.2.

Formerly: Acts 1931, c.89, s.3. As amended by Acts 1965, c.200, s.3. Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.66, SEC.2.

Formerly: Acts 1931, c.89, s.4. As amended by Acts 1965, c.200, s.4. Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.66, SEC.2.

Sec. 1. The provisions of this chapter apply to any corporation or to any person or persons while engaged as common carriers in the transportation by railroad of passengers or property within this state to which the regulative power of this state extends. Formerly: Acts 1911, c.6…

Sec. 2. From and after June 1, 1914, it shall be unlawful, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for any such common carrier by railroad to use on its line any caboose car, or other car used for like purposes, unless such caboose or other car shall be at least twenty-four…

Sec. 3. Whenever any such caboose cars or other cars in use on April 21, 1911, by such common carriers as provided by section 1 of this chapter shall, after April 21, 1911, be brought into any shop for general repairs, it shall be unlawful to again put the same into the service o…

Sec. 4. This chapter does not apply to the use of caboose cars operated in yards and in transfer service. In case of unusual and unforeseen demands of traffic, caboose cars not constructed in compliance with this chapter may be used temporarily, provided that the railroad company…

Sec. 5. The Indiana department of transportation may limit or prescribe the maximum height of a caboose to be used upon any railroad operating in or through the state, and the department may grant to a common carrier, upon full hearing and for good cause shown, a reasonable exten…

Sec. 6. A common carrier that violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction. Formerly: Acts 1911, c.60, s.6. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.829.

Sec. 7. The Indiana department of transportation shall investigate the conditions and efficiency of cabooses in use on the railroads in this state, and, if found upon investigation, that it is impossible for a railroad company to comply with sections 2 through 6 of this chapter, …

Sec. 1. In all cases which may arise from and after March 6, 1913, where it shall be necessary or convenient for any person, firm, or corporation, or the lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation, owning, or operating any line or lines of steam or interurban railroad…

Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation, or lessee or receiver of any person, firm, or corporation, owning or operating any line or lines of steam railroad in this state who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter by failing or refusing to provide such pilot engineer…

Formerly: Acts 1959, c.331, s.1. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.434.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "local highway system" includes all roads, bridges, culverts, necessary supports, drainage facilities, and roadside developments within the rights-of-way. (b) As used in this chapter, "department" refers to the Indiana department of transporta…

Formerly: Acts 1959, c.331, s.3. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.434.

Sec. 4. (a) There is established a research and highway extension program for the local highway system to provide information concerning local highway system planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, financing, and administration. (b) The department shall contract w…

Formerly: Acts 1959, c.331, s.5. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.434.

Formerly: Acts 1959, c.331, s.6; Acts 1975, P.L.15, SEC.9. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.434.

Sec. 7. (a) Each member of the county executive elected for the first time after October 31, 2020, shall attend any school or course conducted for local officials under IC 8-23-9-56 not later than two (2) years after the date of the member's election to the county executive. (b) …

Formerly: Acts 1959, c.331, s.8. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.434.

Sec. 1. (a) Any resident taxpayer may petition the executive of the county where the taxpayer resides to use county highway equipment and employees for ditching, grading, or hauling gravel or stone or other services on the taxpayer's premises. (b) The executive may order the coun…

Sec. 2. The county highway supervisor shall keep a record of the services performed under section 1 of this chapter, and when the work is completed, the highway supervisor shall prepare an itemized statement of the work and the charges. The highway supervisor shall send one (1) c…

Sec. 3. If any petitioner fails to pay for any work, the charges shall be charged by the county auditor on the county tax duplicate against that person, and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes. Any amount collected by the county treasurer shall be turned over to the co…

abandoned highway Sec. 1. When a county highway has been taken over by the Indiana department of transportation and incorporated in the state highway system and is subsequently abandoned as a state highway, the executive of the county where the highway is located may establish a …

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 19 of this chapter by P.L.133-2007 apply only to public works contracts entered into after June 30, 2007. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.205.

Sec. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, IC 32-24-1 applies to real property transactions conducted by the department. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.216. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.48.

Sec. 10. Whenever the department purchases real property by agreement with the owner of the real property as to purchase price, the department shall, in accordance with IC 5-3-1-2(i), publish a list of the following: (1) The owners from whom the property was purchased. (2) The nu…