Title 8, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 8. Bonds issued by the county under this chapter must be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the executive and attested to by the county auditor. As added by P.L.113-1989, SEC.9.

Sec. 9. Money received from the bonds issued under this chapter shall be applied solely to the purposes for which the bonds were issued, except as provided in IC 5-1-13 and IC 5-1-14. As added by P.L.113-1989, SEC.9.

Sec. 0.1. (a) The amendments made to sections 1, 7, and 33 of this chapter by P.L.42-2007 apply to registrations and fees due after December 31, 2006. (b) If the effective date for the repeal of the single state registration system established under 49 U.S.C. 11506 is delayed by …

Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 2.1 of this chapter, this chapter applies to the regulation of the following persons: (1) A common carrier that professes to the general public to engage in the transportation by motor vehicle of passengers or household goods for compensation…

Sec. 10. If a county, city, or town wants to establish a transportation system that would compete with a motor carrier that is: (1) operating under the jurisdiction of the department; and (2) providing transportation service in the territorial jurisdiction of the county, city, or…

Sec. 12.5. (a) Except as provided in this chapter, a person may not operate a motor vehicle as an intrastate carrier upon an Indiana public highway to transport household goods or passengers for compensation until the person has obtained a certificate from the department. (b) In …

Sec. 12.8. A carrier that has been issued a certificate to transport household goods or passengers for compensation will be subject to the annual registration receipt requirements under IC 8-2.1-24-20. A carrier that fails to meet the requirements under that provision may have th…

Sec. 14. (a) A common carrier by motor vehicle operating under any certificate may not deviate from the route over which or the fixed termini between which it is authorized to operate under the certificate, except under such general or special rules as prescribed by the departmen…

Sec. 15. Any certificate or part owned, held, or obtained by the carrier may be sold, assigned, leased, bequeathed, or transferred as other property upon approval by the department. The department may inquire into the responsibility of the person obtaining or seeking to obtain ow…

Sec. 18. (a) Notwithstanding IC 24-1-2-1 and in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 14303, common carriers may: (1) establish by agreement through routes and joint rates, charges, and classifications with other common carriers and with common carriers by railroads, or by water, and every c…

Sec. 19. (a) Any person or governmental entity may complain in writing to the department that any rate, fare, charge, tariff, classification, rule or practice in effect, or proposed to be put in effect by any carrier or carriers is, or will be, in violation of this chapter. When …

Sec. 2.1. (a) This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) Motor vehicles used as school buses while engaged in the transportation of students, under the supervision, control, and direction of school authorities. (2) Motor vehicles used exclusively as taxicabs. (3) Motor veh…

Sec. 20. (a) This section applies whenever there is filed with the department any schedule stating a new individual or joint rate, fare, charge, or classification for the transportation of passengers or household goods by a common carrier or carriers by motor vehicle, or by a car…

Sec. 21. (a) In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, fares, and charges for the transportation of passengers or household goods by common carriers by motor vehicle, and related classifications, regulations, and practices, the department shall give due…

Sec. 22. (a) All civil actions by carriers for recovery of their charges or any part must be brought within two (2) years after the time the cause of action accrues. (b) For recovery of overcharges, civil actions must be brought or complaints filed with the office of the attorney…

Sec. 22.5. A person who violates a provision of this chapter involving a consumer transaction (as defined in IC 24-5-0.5-2(a)(1)) entailing the transportation of passengers or household goods commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general under IC 24-5-0.5 and…

Sec. 23. (a) Every intrastate common carrier by motor vehicle shall file with the department, and print and keep open to public inspection, tariffs showing all rates, fares, charges for transportation, and all service in connection therewith, of passengers or household goods in i…

Sec. 24. (a) Every contract carrier by motor vehicle shall: (1) establish and observe reasonable minimum rates, fares, and charges for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or household goods or in connection with the transportation of passeng…

Sec. 25. (a) This section applies whenever there is filed with the department by the contract carrier any schedule or contract stating a charge for a new service or a reduced charge directly, or by means of any rule or practice, for the transportation of passengers or household g…

Sec. 26. (a) The department may require any contract motor carrier to file with it a true copy of any contract, agreement, or arrangement between the carrier and any person in relation to any traffic affected by this chapter. The department shall not, however, make public the con…

Sec. 27.5. (a) A person may not engage in any of the following activities unless the person has obtained a brokerage license from the department: (1) Sell or offer for sale transportation subject to this chapter for compensation. (2) Make any contract, agreement, or arrangement t…

Sec. 29. (a) A person may not operate any motor vehicle over the public highways for hire, unless the operations are specifically exempt under this chapter, without first having obtained appropriate operating authority from the department to do so, and having otherwise complied w…

Sec. 3. (a) The department shall: (1) supervise and regulate the administration of this chapter; (2) fix just and reasonable rates, fares, and charges; (3) adopt just and reasonable classifications and rules; and (4) regulate and supervise the schedules, service, safety, methods,…

Sec. 30. Any certificate, upon application of the holder of the certificate, in the discretion of the department, may be amended or revoked in whole or in part. In addition, the department may, after notice is provided, suspend, change, or revoke a certificate in whole or in part…

Sec. 31. The department may suspend or revoke the license of any broker for any violation of this chapter or any rule issued under this chapter by the department. The fee for a broker's license is one hundred dollars ($100), which shall be paid at the time the application is made…

Sec. 32. This chapter applies to persons engaged in the transportation of passengers or household goods over the public highways regardless of whether that transportation is interstate or intrastate, except to the extent this chapter contravenes the Constitution or the laws of th…

Sec. 33. A person who is engaged in the intrastate transportation of passengers or household goods must register under the unified carrier registration system in accordance with rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2 before operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway…

Sec. 34. (a) Every nonresident common carrier and contract carrier regulated under this chapter shall file, and keep on file, with the department a designation in writing of the name and postoffice address of a citizen and resident of Indiana upon whom service of notices or order…

Sec. 35. In addition to the other powers conferred in this chapter upon the department, it may designate from time to time the public highways, as routes, over which carriers subject to this chapter may or may not operate, and may designate the time that the vehicles may or may n…

Sec. 36. (a) As used in this section, "eligible event" has the meaning set forth in IC 6-8-12-2. (b) In addition to all other powers granted to the department under this chapter, the department may issue, in accordance with its rules, temporary authority or emergency temporary au…

Sec. 37. In addition to all other powers granted to the department under this chapter, the department may suspend, in whole or in part, any certificate upon the application of the holder thereof, without notice, for the duration of a declared war or a declared national emergency …

Sec. 38. (a) A person, whether carrier, shipper, or officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, shall not knowingly offer, grant, give, solicit, accept, or receive any rebate, consideration, or discrimination in violation of this chapter. A person shall not, by means of …

Sec. 39. All registrations of motor vehicles required in this chapter expire on December 31 of each year, and each motor vehicle continued in service shall be registered for each such year. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 4. (a) The department, any member of the department or any authorized representative of the department, may: (1) upon demand, inspect the books, accounts, papers, records, memoranda, equipment, and premises of any common carrier or contract carrier; (2) examine, under oath, …

Sec. 40. (a) All applications under this chapter for a certificate to operate motor vehicles, intrastate or interstate, shall be made on forms prescribed by the department. (b) All applications for a certificate to operate motor vehicles intrastate on the public highways shall be…

Sec. 42. (a) An intrastate motor carrier regulated under this chapter shall display identification, in the method prescribed by rules of the department, on each motor vehicle it operates. (b) A person who violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor. As added by P.L.99-198…

Sec. 44. All fees prescribed in this chapter shall be paid to the treasurer of state through the department and deposited in the motor carrier regulation fund established by IC 8-2.1-23-1. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.205-2025, SEC.48.

Sec. 45. (a) A motor carrier regulated under this chapter that augments equipment, interchanges equipment, or leases equipment, with or without drivers, shall comply with the rules of the department governing lease and interchange of vehicles. (b) A person who violates this secti…

Sec. 46. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, common and contract carriers and other carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or household goods for hire, over regular or irregular routes, whether operating pursuant to a certificate or as an exempt…

Sec. 5. (a) The department, any member of the department or any authorized representative of the department, may compel the attendance of witnesses, swear witnesses, take their testimony under oath, make record of the testimony, and after the record is made under the direction of…

Sec. 6. After a decision, order, or requirement has been made by the department in any proceeding under this chapter, any party to the proceeding may apply to the department for reconsideration or rehearing of the decision, order, or requirement, or of any matter determined in th…

Sec. 7. (a) The department may, subject to the approval of the governor, enter into an agreement or understanding with the United States Department of Transportation, any other appropriate agency of federal government, or any other department or agency of another state, for the p…

Sec. 8. The department may cooperate with other state agencies in adopting combined uniform procedures and forms when in the judgment of the affected agencies the action would be in the interest of the state, its citizens, and any other person subject to this chapter and to other…

Sec. 9. The department may do and perform all reasonably necessary things to carry out the purposes of this chapter, whether specifically mentioned in this chapter or not, including the power, subject to the approval of the governor, to employ and fix the compensation of administ…

Sec. 1. The department may illuminate dangerous curves and intersections and heavily traveled sections of the highways, including bridges, in the state highway system. The illumination shall be accomplished according to nationally recognized engineering standards. As added by P.L…

Sec. 2. The department shall enter into an agreement for the sharing of the utility costs of illumination with cities, towns, and counties when a highway is located in part within a city, town, or county before the installation of lights, except when the state elects to totally f…