Title 8, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 33. "Road paving material" means bituminous or portland concrete surfaces. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 34. "Safety rest area" means an area or site established and maintained within adjacent areas by or under public supervision or control for the convenience of the traveling public. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 35. "Scrap metal processing facility" means an establishment having facilities for processing iron, steel, or nonferrous metal and whose principal product is scrap iron, steel, or scrap for sale for remelting purposes only. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 36. "Secretary" refers to the United States Secretary of Transportation. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 37. "Sign" means an outdoor sign, display, device, notice, bulletin, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing that is designated, intended, or used to advertise or inform. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 38. "State aid director" refers to the chief administrative officer of the office of the department that administers programs of state and federal aid to local units of government, or the officer's designee. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 39. "State highway system" means the system of highways and streets that are of general economic importance to Indiana as a whole and for which responsibility is assigned to the department. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 4. "Adjacent area" means an area that is adjacent to and within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 40. "Substantial completion" refers to the date, as determined by the department, when the construction of the contract is sufficiently completed in accordance with the plans and specifications, as modified by any change orders, so that the construction can be used for its i…

Sec. 41. "Transportation plan" means a statement evaluating transportation policy objectives and projecting specific long range comprehensive actions to accomplish policy objectives. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 42. "Traveled way" means the part of the roadway for the movement of vehicles. The term does not include shoulders or auxiliary lanes. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 43. "Trimovement sign" means a sign that displays three (3) separate images sequentially by rotating triangular cylinders. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 44. (a) "Unzoned commercial or industrial area" means an adjacent area not zoned under state or local statute, rule, or ordinance on which there is located one (1) or more permanent structures for commercial or industrial activities other than a sign or upon which a commerci…

Sec. 45. "Urban area" means: (1) an urbanized area designated by the Bureau of the Census; (2) if an urbanized area lies within more than one (1) state, the part of the area that lies within the boundaries of Indiana; or (3) an urban place designated by the Bureau of the Census h…

Sec. 46. "Utility" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-9-2(a). As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 47. "Visible" means capable of being seen (whether or not legible) without visual aid by a person of normal visual acuity using the highway system. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 48. "Work program" means a schedule of steps to be followed in implementing a transportation plan, including the following: (1) A description of the sequence of steps. (2) The time limit within which each step is to be completed. (3) The product of each step. (4) The staff a…

Sec. 49. "Zoned commercial or industrial areas" means those areas that are zoned for business, industry, commerce, or trade under a zoning ordinance. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 5. "Agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-22-2-3. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 6. "Arterial highway" means a highway designed primarily for through traffic, usually on a continuous route. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 7. "Arterial street" means a street designed primarily for through traffic, usually on a continuous route. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 8. "Authority" refers to the Indiana finance authority established by IC 5-1.2-3. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 9. "Automobile graveyard" means an establishment or place of business that is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 1. (a) Whenever a bridge, culvert, roadway, or any other physical property of the state highway system has been damaged to the extent that it is not usable by the traveling public or is unsafe for use, and by order of the governor or the commissioner it is determined that an…

Sec. 3. The department shall make a concentrated effort to invite bids from racial minority businesses. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.220.

Sec. 0.5. This chapter applies only to a toll road project and not to a facility project and not to a freeway project. As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.122.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "account" refers to an account established within the fund. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the toll road fund established by section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.

Sec. 3. (a) The toll road fund is established to provide funds to: (1) pay or defease certain bonds in the manner provided by this chapter; (2) pay amounts owed by the authority in connection with the execution and performance of a public-private agreement under this article, inc…

Sec. 4. (a) Before any allocations are made from the fund under this chapter, the authority shall determine: (1) the extent to which outstanding bonds issued by the authority under IC 8-14.5-6 or IC 8-15-2 should be repaid, defeased, or otherwise retired; (2) the total amount nec…

Sec. 5. The money allocated to the eligible project account must be used to make distributions to the next generation trust fund and the major moves construction fund, as provided by section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.

Sec. 6. The authority shall seek the cooperation of federal and local agencies to expedite all necessary federal and local permits, licenses, and approvals necessary for toll road projects under this article. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.

Sec. 1. All law enforcement officers of the state and of each affected jurisdiction have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of the qualifying project as they have in their respective areas of jurisdiction. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40.

Sec. 2. Law enforcement officers shall have access to the qualifying project at any time for the purpose of exercising the law enforcement officer's powers and jurisdiction. This authority does not extend to the private offices, buildings, garages, and other improvements of the o…

Sec. 3. (a) The traffic and motor vehicle laws of Indiana or, if applicable, any local jurisdiction apply to conduct on a qualifying project to the same extent as they apply to conduct on similar projects in Indiana or the local jurisdiction. (b) Punishment for infractions and of…

Sec. 1. Any public utility operating in any city or town, and any city or town in Indiana which owns or operates any public utility, is authorized, with the consent of the commission, to furnish utility service, free of charge, to any hospital that is located within the city or t…

Sec. 1. Any railroad company organized under a special charter, or under the general law of the state for the construction of railroads, whose lines are wholly within this state or partly within this state and partly in another state, which shall fail to keep up the directory of …

Sec. 2. Any company that is or that may be organized under the general laws of this state providing for the incorporation of railroad companies may complete any such abandoned road or part thereof, and shall, for such purpose, be invested with all the rights, privileges, interest…

Sec. 3. The money so paid, as is provided in section 2 of this chapter, shall be held by such treasurer in trust for the payment, firstly, of the debts of such old company; and, secondly, the balance, if any, shall be equitably distributed among the stockholders thereof. Formerly…

Sec. 4. The said appraisers shall receive for their service, five dollars ($5.00) per day for the time by them employed, to be paid by said treasurer out of the amount of said assessment. Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.4.

Sec. 5. Any such railroad company whose road is incomplete who shall fail to complete the same, or who shall fail to expend at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) towards the completion thereof in each year, shall be taken and held to come within the purview of this chap…

Sec. 6. All railroad companies in this state, or whose roads run into this state, shall, on the fifteenth day of January of each year, file with the state comptroller a statement in writing, verified by the affidavit of the treasurer of such company, showing the gross receipts of…

Sec. 7. Whenever any railroad company, coming within the provision of this chapter, shall sell or transfer their property, rights, or franchises to any other railroad company, it shall be the duty of such last named railroad company to complete the road so transferred to them, an…

Sec. 1. (a) Each railroad company whose road or tracks lie in any public street, road, or alley in any city, town, or county shall properly grade, plank, gravel, or asphalt the road and tracks in accordance with the grade and surfacing material of the public street, road, or alle…

Sec. 2. The board of public works or board of public works and safety of a city or town legislative body may issue a written improvement order requiring that any railroad, interurban, or interurban street railroad undertake to repair or improve that portion of the street occupied…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a Class II or Class III railroad as established by the Interstate Commerce Commission. As added by P.L.21-2001, SEC.1.