Title 8, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 22. Any agreement between the district and the system must include a service profile describing passenger service levels. The service profile shall be described with terms and conditions that are objective and measurable. As added by P.L.385-1987(ss), SEC.14.

Sec. 23. Any financial or operating agreement between a district and a system does not take effect until the Indiana department of transportation approves the agreement. As added by P.L.385-1987(ss), SEC.15. Amended by P.L.18-1990, SEC.68.

Sec. 24. (a) Before January 1 of each year, the district shall certify to the Indiana department of transportation that the district has taken action to provide financial responsibility against liability of the district under any agreement with a commuter transportation system. (…

Sec. 25. (a) The capital improvement contingency fund is established for the purpose of: (1) receiving taxes, appropriations, and other revenues; (2) matching state or federal transportation grants made to permit the acquisition of capital assets; (3) acquiring capital improvemen…

Sec. 26. If a petition is filed by the system under the Interstate Commerce Act to discontinue rail passenger service, the district may take the necessary action to acquire the system's passenger and freight properties under sections 5(a)(12) and 5(a)(13) of this chapter and, if …

Sec. 3. (a) The district shall be supervised and managed by a board of trustees, which consists of the following: (1) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, who shall serve as chair of the board. (2) Four (4) members appointed by the governor, consisting of one (1) ele…

Sec. 4. (a) The board may exercise the executive and legislative power of the district as provided by this chapter. (b) The board shall hold regular meetings, to be held not less than four (4) times a year, and shall keep its meetings open to the public. (c) The members of the bo…

Sec. 5. (a) The board has all powers reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter including the following powers: (1) To receive federal, state, county, and municipal funds, or private contributions and disburse them for the purpose of aiding commuter transportat…

Sec. 5.3. Notwithstanding any other law, the northern Indiana commuter transportation district established under this chapter may not issue new bonds, new notes, or other new evidences of indebtedness after May 9, 2025, that are payable in whole or in part from amounts distribute…

Sec. 5.4. (a) Subject to section 5.3 of this chapter, the board may provide by resolution, at one (1) time or from time to time, for the issuance of revenue bonds of the district for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of a railroad project. The principal of and the…

Sec. 5.5. (a) In the discretion of the board, any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the board and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within this state.…

Sec. 5.6. (a) The general assembly covenants with the purchasers of any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter that the taxes providing the amounts to be distributed to the district from the electric rail service fund (IC 8-3-1.5-20.6) and the commuter rail servic…

Sec. 5.7. (a) If there are bonds outstanding issued pursuant to section 5.4 of this chapter, the treasurer of the board shall deposit in a separate and distinct fund called the commuter transportation system bond fund all amounts distributed to the district from the commuter rail…

Sec. 6. Any commuter transportation system receiving assistance from a district shall, as a condition of the grant: (1) submit its operating budget for passenger service rendered to the district for public hearings annually at least ninety (90) days before the beginning of the sy…

Sec. 7. (a) Any provision of this chapter in conflict with the Interstate Commerce Act of the United States or any other federal law or regulations governing transportation by common carrier is void, but all other provisions of this chapter shall be given effect if possible, with…

Sec. 8. The board of commissioners of any county may authorize the grant of funds to any commuter transportation system serving or passing through the county for the purchase of equipment or other capital improvements. The grants shall be made to a district for distribution to th…

Sec. 1. The department shall determine whether a railroad grade crossing is abandoned or unused after receiving a request for the determination from: (1) the railroad; or (2) the state highway district or local road authority that has jurisdiction over the roadway. As added by P.…

Sec. 2. The department shall designate an abandoned or unused railroad grade crossing as abandoned or unused. As added by P.L.87-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.97-2004, SEC.35.

Sec. 3. An abandoned or unused railroad grade crossing designated under section 2 of this chapter must be marked with signs reading "tracks out of service". The signs must: (1) be posted and maintained by the department or the local road authority having jurisdiction over the roa…

Sec. 4. (a) The railroad shall provide the department and the local road authority having jurisdiction over a roadway with written notice at least thirty (30) days prior to resuming operation over an abandoned or unused railroad crossing. The notice must include a request that th…

Sec. 1. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the department is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into negotiations with the proper authority having control of the state highways of the state of Illinois, and with the owners of the bridge which spans the Wabash River …

Sec. 2. If the proper authorities of the state of Illinois are empowered by the laws of the state of Illinois to enter into such negotiations, and if the department and the authority having charge of the state highways of the state of Illinois can agree with the owners of such br…

Sec. 1. The department shall periodically inventory the mileage and use of the local road systems under the jurisdiction of the counties and the street systems under the jurisdiction of municipalities. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.224.

Sec. 2. In undertaking the inventory under this chapter, the department shall give written notice to the county road supervisor and the county executive thirty (30) days before the inventory actually begins that an inventory is underway. The department shall confer with the local…

Sec. 3. For the purpose of the inventory under this chapter, the department shall include in each county's total mileage those roads making up that county's southern and eastern boundaries. If a county is responsible for roads on a state line as the result of an interagency agree…

Sec. 4. The department shall use the inventory developed under this chapter in its annual certification of county road mileage. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.224.

Sec. 1. A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) may not take any action that would impair a public-private agreement under this article. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40.

Sec. 1. (a) Within one (1) year after the opening for public use of any interstate bridge, the construction of which is authorized by any law of the state, regardless of the state agency, commission, or administrative body authorized to make such construction, the state agency, c…

Sec. 2. For the purposes of this chapter the term "interstate bridge," means any bridge across a navigable stream one terminus of which is located in the state of Indiana and the other terminus which is located in a neighboring state other than the state of Illinois. Formerly: Ac…

Sec. 3. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any bridge or bridges constructed by or paid for by, in whole or in part, any agency, commission or administrative body of the state of Indiana acting alone or in conjunction with any agency, commission or administrative body …

Sec. 1. Any railroad or other company organized under the laws of this state, or of this state and any other state or states, and owning or operating, or authorized by its charter to construct or acquire, a railroad, bridge or tunnel, either wholly within or partly within and par…

Sec. 2. Such consolidation or merger shall be made in the following manner: (1) The directors of the companies proposing to consolidate or merge may enter into a joint agreement, under the corporate seal of each company, for the consolidation or merger of such companies, and pres…

Sec. 3. Upon the consummation of such consolidation or merger, all the rights, privileges, exemptions, and franchises of each of the companies, parties to the same, and all the property, real, personal, and mixed, and all the debts due on whatever account to any of them, as well …

Sec. 4. The rights of all creditors of, and all liens upon the property of, any of such companies, parties to such consolidation or merger, shall be preserved unimpaired, and the respective companies shall be deemed to continue in existence to preserve the same, and all debts and…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to the following counties: (1) A county having a population of more than thirty-four thousand four hundred (34,400) and less than thirty-five thousand (35,000). (2) A county having a population of more than forty thousand (40,000) and less than f…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to a local major moves construction fund established under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.7.

Sec. 3. Money distributed to a county described in section 1 of this chapter from the major moves construction fund under IC 8-14-14-6(a)(3) shall be distributed by the county auditor among the county and each of the cities and towns in the county that is eligible to receive a di…

Sec. 4. (a) Each county, city, or town that receives a distribution under section 3 of this chapter shall establish a local major moves construction fund. (b) The fund consists of money distributed to the county, city, or town from the major moves construction fund under section …

Sec. 5. Money in the fund may be expended only for the following purposes: (1) Construction of highways, roads, and bridges. (2) In a county that is a member of the northwest Indiana regional development authority, or in a city or town located in such a county, any purpose for wh…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "member" means all employees and appointees of the department. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.225.

Sec. 2. Subject to IC 34-13-2, IC 34-13-3, and IC 34-13-4, this chapter applies when a member of the department is sued for civil damages and: (1) the department administratively determines that the civil action arose out of an act performed within the scope of the duties of the …

Sec. 3. The attorney general shall: (1) when the department submits the finding in writing to the attorney general; and (2) if the attorney general finds the determination to be supported by substantial evidence; defend the member in the action or authorize the department to hire…

Sec. 4. The administrative determination by the department or the determination by the attorney general may not be admitted as evidence in the trial of a civil action for damages. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.225.

Sec. 5. This chapter may not be construed to: (1) deprive a member of the right to select defense counsel at the member's own expense; or (2) relieve a member from responsibility in civil damages. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.225.

Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 3-5-2.1 apply to this chapter to the extent they do not conflict with the definitions in this article. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40. Amended by P.L.186-2025, SEC.80.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "candidate" refers to any of the following: (1) A candidate for a state office. (2) A candidate for a legislative office. (3) A candidate for a local office. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40.