Title 8, TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "historic bridge" means a bridge that meets the following requirements: (1) Is listed on: (A) the National Register of Historic Places; or (B) the register of Indiana historic sites and historic structures established under IC 14-21-1. (2) Is not …

Sec. 3. Before June 1 of each year, the county executive of a county having a historic bridge located on the county's road system may request a grant. As added by P.L.158-2001, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. Subject to the amount appropriated by the general assembly for historic bridge maintenance grants and not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per state fiscal year, the annual grant amount for a county is one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250) for e…

Sec. 5. Before September 1 of each year and subject to available funding, the auditor of state shall, by warrant drawn on the treasurer of state, distribute from the state general fund to each county the total amount to which the county is entitled for a grant under this chapter.…

Sec. 6. A county executive may commingle and accumulate money received under this chapter with money received under IC 8-14-1-10 for the maintenance of covered bridges. As added by P.L.158-2001, SEC.1.

Sec. 7. A county executive shall use money received under this chapter only to maintain historic bridges or covered bridges in the county in a manner that the county executive determines. As added by P.L.158-2001, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "aircraft" means a vehicle used or designed for navigation or flight in the air. As added by P.L.28-1991, SEC.2.

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "person" means: (1) an individual, partnership, firm, company, limited liability company, corporation, association, trust, or estate; or (2) the legal representative or agent of the individual or entity described in subdivision (1). As added by P…

Sec. 10.5. This chapter: (1) applies to the authority only when acting for the purposes set forth in this chapter; and (2) does not apply to the authority when acting under any other statute for any other purpose. As added by P.L.235-2005, SEC.120.

Sec. 11. The authority may do all acts necessary or reasonably incident to carrying out the purposes of this chapter, including the following: (1) To protect a district and all property owned or managed by the authority and, to carry out this subdivision, to employ special police…

Sec. 12. The authority may take action to recover damages for the breach of an agreement, expressed or implied, relating to the operation, control, leasing, management, or improvement of the property under the authority's control, to impose the penalties for the violation of reso…

Sec. 13. (a) To provide free air space for the safe descent and ascent of aircraft and for the proper and safe use of an airport or landing field acquired or maintained under this chapter, the authority may establish by resolution or resolutions a restricted zone or zones of a di…

Sec. 14. (a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to carry out this chapter and may award damages to landowners for real estate and property rights appropriated. If the authority cannot agree with the owners, lessees, or occupants of real estate selected by the …

Sec. 15. (a) The authority may: (1) finance improvements related to an airport or aviation related property or facilities, including the acquisition of real estate; (2) refund any bonds; or (3) pay any loan contract; by borrowing money and issuing revenue bonds from time to time …

Sec. 16. The authority may negotiate terms and borrow money from any source under a loan contract, subject to the following requirements: (1) The loan contract must be approved by resolution of the authority. (2) The loan contract must provide for the repayment of the loan in not…

Sec. 17. Any loan contract issued under this chapter is issued by a body corporate and politic of this state, but not a state agency, and for essential public and governmental purposes. A loan contract, the interest on it, the proceeds received by a holder from the sale of a loan…

Sec. 18. The authority may require a bond from any of the officers or employees of the authority in an amount, upon terms and conditions, and with surety that the authority designates. As added by P.L.28-1991, SEC.2.

Sec. 19. (a) The acquisition, establishment, construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance, control, and operation of airports and landing fields for aircraft under this chapter is a governmental function of general public necessity and benefit, and is for the use and general…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "airport" means a location on land or water or a building or other structure that is used for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and that also provides for the shelter, supply, or care of aircraft, or a place used for receiving or discharging…

Sec. 20. Whenever the fiscal body of a local entity determines that the public interest of the local entity will be served by assisting the authority in executing the powers granted by this chapter, the local entity may furnish assistance by gift, or lease with or without rental,…

grants Sec. 21. (a) The authority may accept, receive, and receipt for federal, other public, or private money for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, or operation of airports, other air navigation facilities, and sites for them, and c…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "authority" refers to the Indiana finance authority established by IC 5-1.2-3. As added by P.L.28-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.235-2005, SEC.119; P.L.189-2018, SEC.101.

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "aviation related property or facilities" means those properties or facilities that are utilized by a lessee, or a lessee's assigns, who provides services or accommodations: (1) for scheduled or unscheduled air carriers and air taxis, and thei…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "landing area" is that part of an airport or landing field designated and used for the landing or taking off of aircraft. As added by P.L.28-1991, SEC.2.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "landing field" means a location on land or water or a building or other structure that is used for the landing and taking off of aircraft, but that provides no other facilities or services. As added by P.L.28-1991, SEC.2.

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "loan contract" means a debt instrument other than a revenue bond, such as a note. As added by P.L.28-1991, SEC.2.

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "local entity" means a county, city, town, or other municipal corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-10). As added by P.L.28-1991, SEC.2.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "sufficiency rating" means any rating that assigns numerical values to each road section reflecting its relative adequacy based on an engineering appraisal of structural condition, safety, and traffic service and upon an economic appraisal of its …

Sec. 2. The department shall prepare, formally adopt, and publish a long-range program of its future activities with regard to the construction of highways under its jurisdiction. The sufficiency rating principle shall be applied, as far as it is practicable, in determining the p…

long-range program Sec. 3. The department shall cause a periodic reinspection of the system of roads under its jurisdiction to be made in order to revise its estimates of future needs to conform to the actual physical and service condition of the highways and economic needs of th…

program Sec. 4. (a) The department shall annually adopt from its long range program and publish a biennial work program of construction to be accomplished within the following two (2) fiscal years. This biennial work program must consist of a list of projects listed in order of u…

Sec. 5. The department shall prepare and publish and make public a report at the end of each fiscal year. The report must contain appropriate financial data concerning receipts and disbursements, the past year's accomplishments, the current highway improvement program, a proposed…

Sec. 6. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the department shall annually prepare and publish a supplement to the report containing appropriate financial data and status of projects financed from the state's primary highway system fund. As added by P.L.18-1990, …

subdivision prohibited Sec. 1. A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) may not take any action that would have the effect of impairing a public-private agreement under this article. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.

Sec. 1. The department has exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate all matters specifically committed to the department's jurisdiction by this article. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40.

Sec. 2. The department shall establish an expedited method for resolving disputes between or among the department, the parties to a public-private agreement, and affected jurisdictions, and shall set forth that method in the public-private agreement. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.…

Sec. 3. The department may pay, pursue, mediate, and settle any claim arising out of a public-private agreement. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40.

Sec. 4. A public-private agreement may permit a party to the agreement to submit any claim arising under the agreement to arbitration or alternative dispute resolution under IC 34-57. As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40.

Sec. 1. This chapter may be known and referred to as the "rural electric membership corporation act". Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.1. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.65.

Sec. 10. Each corporation formed under this chapter is hereby vested with all powers necessary or requisite for the accomplishment of its corporate purpose and capable of being delegated by the general assembly of the state of Indiana, and no enumeration of particular powers here…

Sec. 11. A corporation created under this chapter may do any and all acts or things necessary or convenient for carrying out the purpose for which it was formed, including the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued. (2) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. (3) To acqu…

Sec. 12. (a) No corporation may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, the property of the corporation unless (1) the same shall be authorized by a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of its members duly called and held as provided in section 8 of this c…

Sec. 13. (a) Subject to the approval of the commission, a corporation formed under this chapter may, from time to time, issue its obligations in anticipation of its revenues for any corporate purpose. (b) Those obligations may be authorized by resolution of the board and may bear…

Sec. 14. In connection with the issuance of any obligations, a corporation may make such covenants or agreements and do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its obligations or which, in the absolute discretion of the b…

Sec. 15. A corporation may, out of any funds available for that purpose, purchase any obligations issued by it at a price determined by resolution of the board together with accrued interest on the obligations. All obligations purchased in that manner shall be cancelled. Formerly…

Sec. 16. (a) Any corporation created under the provisions of this chapter may enter into an agreement for the consolidation or merger of such a corporation with: (1) any other corporation organized under this chapter; or (2) any mutual benefit corporation that was organized befor…

Sec. 17. (a) A corporation shall furnish reasonably adequate services and facilities. The charge made by any corporation for any service rendered or to be rendered, either directly or in connection therewith, shall be nondiscriminatory, reasonable, and just, and every discriminat…

Sec. 18. A corporation is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission for the purpose of fixing rates to be charged to members of the corporation for energy, and for the purpose of service area assignments under IC 8-1-2.3. Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.18; Acts 1937, c.258, s.…

Sec. 18.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (i), a corporation organized under this chapter or a corporation organized under IC 23-17 whose membership includes one (1) or more corporations organized under this chapter may withdraw from the jurisdiction of the commission. A co…

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.18a; Acts 1953, c.48, s.2. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.69, SEC.5.