Title 8, TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "bonds" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-2. As added by P.L.113-1989, SEC.9.

funded by single issue Sec. 3. (a) Upon request of the county executive, the county fiscal body may borrow money and issue bonds in the name of the county in principal amounts and maturities as the fiscal body determines necessary to provide sufficient funds for the purposes spec…

Sec. 4. (a) The bonds must be authorized by ordinance of the fiscal body. The ordinance must provide the following with respect to the bonds: (1) The original date of the bonds. (2) The time or times that the bonds mature. However, a bond may not mature more than thirty (30) year…

Sec. 5. An ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter or trust indenture under which the bonds are issued may contain the following provisions: (1) Pledging revenues of the county to secure the payment of the bonds, subject to section 6 of this chapter and exi…

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the county fiscal body may pledge revenues for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds and for other purposes under the ordinance as provided by IC 5-1-14-4, including revenues from the following sources: (1) The motor …

Sec. 7. (a) The bonds may be secured by a trust indenture between the county and a bank having the power of a trust company or any trust company. (b) The trust indenture may provide for: (1) protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and…

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.

of single state registration system by Congress; termination of application of amendments in Indiana 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 fo…

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…

city, or town 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 co…

As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.110-1995, SEC.35.

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

considerations Sec. 13. (a) Upon the filing of an application for a certificate, the department shall, within a reasonable time, fix a time and place for public hearing in the city of Indianapolis, unless otherwise ordered by the department. A copy of the notice of hearing shall …

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 permit 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…

Sec. 16. A person may not operate motor vehicles as a contract carrier over the public highways for the transportation of persons or household goods for compensation without first having obtained from the department a contract carrier permit. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amen…

contents Sec. 17. (a) Upon the filing of an application under this chapter for contract carrier authority to operate motor vehicles in intrastate commerce, the department shall, within a reasonable time, fix a time and place for a public hearing in the city of Indianapolis, unles…

discrimination 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 wat…

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 …

As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.117; P.L.70-1990, SEC.2; P.L.72-1990, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.1-1991, SEC.77.

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…

of proof; suspension 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…

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 department against car…

compliance; change in fare or practice Sec. 23. (a) Every 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 passen…

charges; filing and publication; change; complaints 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…

suspension 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 …

conformity to published schedule 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 …

Sec. 27. (a) A person shall not for compensation sell or offer for sale transportation subject to this chapter, make any contract, agreement, or arrangement to provide, procure, furnish, or arrange for the transportation of passengers, or profess by advertisement, solicitation, o…

Sec. 28. A person may not transport passengers for compensation as a special and charter carrier until after obtaining a certificate from the department, unless on December 31, 1982, the person: (1) held a certificate for a special and charter carrier; or (2) was exempt from the …

operating authority required 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, an…

permit Sec. 30. (a) Any certificate or permit, upon application of the holder of the certificate or permit, in the discretion of the department, may be amended or revoked in whole or in part, or may, upon complaint or on the department's own initiative, after notice and hearing, …

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…

notice of orders 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 vehi…

one trip or occasional trips 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 author…

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 or permit, upon the application of the holder thereof, without notice, for the duration of a declared war or a declared national…

chapter; assisting or permitting transportation at less than approved rate; fraudulent activity; operator of vehicle for hire not to operate until owner or lessor secures required authority Sec. 38. (a) A person, whether carrier, shipper, or officer, employee, agent, or represent…

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.

officers, agents, or employees; rules for vehicle inspection; complaints 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 prem…

vehicles; filing and publication fees Sec. 40. (a) All applications under this chapter for a common carrier certificate or a contract carrier permit to operate motor vehicles, intrastate or interstate, shall be made on forms prescribed by the department. (b) All applications for …

As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.110-1995, SEC.35.

vehicle 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 infraction. As added by P.L…

As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.110-1995, SEC.35.

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. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13.

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…

violations and penalties 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 ce…