Title 8, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 7. At a regular meeting of the stockholders of any such corporation, it shall be the duty of the president and directors in office for the preceding year to exhibit a clear and distinct statement of the affairs of said company; and at any meeting of the stockholders, a major…

Sec. 8. In case it shall happen, at any time, that an election of directors shall not be made on the day designated by the bylaws of the company, when it ought to have been made, the company, for that reason, shall not be dissolved if, within ninety (90) days thereafter, they sha…

Sec. 9. It shall be lawful for the directors to call in and demand from the stockholders, respectively, any sums of money by them subscribed, in such payments or instalments as the directors shall deem proper, under the penalty of forfeiting the shares of stock subscribed for and…

Sec. 1. Any street railroad company organized before or after March 11, 1901, under Indiana statutes and desiring to construct or acquire, or having before March 11, 1901, constructed or acquired, any street railroad, interurban street railroad, or suburban street railroad, shall…

Sec. 2. Where it becomes necessary for the track or trolley-wires of one (1) street railroad company to cross the track or trolley-wires of another street railroad company or the track of any railroad company the company owning the road last constructed at such crossing shall, un…

Sec. 3. Whenever such railroad crossing is constructed in the manner provided for in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of each company respectively to maintain and keep in repair its own track, so as at all times to provide a ready, safe and convenient crossing for all …

Sec. 1. The Indiana department of transportation (referred to as "the department" in this chapter) shall carefully investigate and examine all the highway crossings of railroads in this state and to make or cause to be made files and numbers of the highway crossings, so that the …

Sec. 2. The department shall secure from the several companies owning or operating railroads throughout this state detailed and specific information concerning the highway crossings along their lines, outside the corporate limits of cities and incorporated towns in this state, an…

Sec. 3. The department may require to be made ocular or instrumental surveys or reports and examinations, as may be deemed expedient, and the department shall carefully examine and consider the files, reports, and surveys of each of said highway crossings in this state, with refe…

Sec. 4. Whenever the department shall come to the conclusion, whether on account of the topography of the ground at the crossings, or on account of the great number of travelers using any crossing of a highway and railroad, or for any reason deemed by the department to be suffici…

Sec. 6. In any case of grade separation under the provisions of this chapter, no plan shall be adopted by the department or order made requiring a grade of any railroad track that shall exceed the established maximum or ruling grade governing the operation of that division or par…

Sec. 7. (a) Whenever the department finds it best to relocate or to consolidate highway crossings over railroads in this state, it has jurisdiction for that purpose, and may serve the board of county commissioners and the railroad companies with notice, and shall proceed to hear …

Sec. 8. In determining the number of grade crossings the separation of which may be required under the provisions of this chapter, the railroad companies, street railroad, interurban street railroad, or suburban street railroad companies operating the lines of railway shall alone…

Sec. 9. No railroad shall construct a railroad across a public highway at grade outside of the limits of any city or town without obtaining the written consent of the department required by section 7 of this chapter and by IC 8-6-7.7-3.4. Formerly: Acts 1913, c.182, s.10. As amen…

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in moving traffic by railroad between points within this state to use on its line any locomotive in moving such traffic not equipped with power driving wheel brakes and appliances for operating the train brake system, or…

Sec. 10. Every common carrier, or the receiver thereof, using or permitting to be used or hauled on its line a locomotive, tender, car, or similar vehicle or train in violation of the provisions of this chapter is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each violati…

Sec. 11. (a) It is unlawful for a railroad carrier in Indiana that operates freight trains over its lines in the state to maintain over or across its line in this state an overhead bridge, viaduct, or other structure, the lowest point of which is less than twenty-one (21) feet ab…

Sec. 12. (a) It is unlawful for a railroad carrier in this state engaged in operating a line of standard gauge railroad, or a person or persons, association, municipal, or private corporation, to build or maintain a structure or alter or rebuild a structure or railway bridge alon…

Sec. 13. A person who violates section 12 of this chapter, after receiving sixty (60) days notice from the Indiana department of transportation that a provision of that section is being violated, is subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation to be reco…

Sec. 14. Any employee of any such common carrier who may be killed or injured by any locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train in use contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or who shall be killed or injured on account of any of the structures forbidden in sections 1…

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul, or permit to be hauled, or used, on its line, any locomotive, car, tender or similar vehicle used in moving state traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled with…

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul, or permit to be hauled, or used, on its line, any locomotive, car, tender, or similar vehicle used in moving of state traffic not provided with secure grab-irons or handholds in the sides or ends thereof. Formerly:…

Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to use any locomotive, tender, car or similar vehicle used in the movement of state traffic, that is not provided with draw bars of standard height; to wit, standard gauge cars thirty-four and one-half (34 1/2) inches; narr…

Sec. 5. The provisions of sections 1, 2, and 4 of this chapter shall also apply to locomotives, cars, and trains used in passenger traffic between points within this state, in so far as the same are applicable to the vehicles used in passenger train traffic; provided, that none o…

Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier in this state operating an interurban railway by electric power to operate or run upon any railroad in this state any motorcar used in regular interurban passenger traffic which is not equipped with an approved power air brake, …

Sec. 7. The Indiana department of transportation may, after full hearing and for good cause shown, increase the minimum percentage of cars in any train required to be operated by power or train brakes. A failure to comply with a requirement of the department is subject to a like …

lines Sec. 8. Any such common carrier may refuse to receive from its connecting lines, or from any shipper, any car not equipped in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Formerly: Acts 1907, c.118, s.8. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.107.

Sec. 9. The Indiana department of transportation shall enforce this chapter. The department may, with the consent and approval of the governor, appoint and pay an inspector, or inspectors, to assist in so doing and in collecting the necessary information required for that purpose…

Sec. 1. (a) A person operating trains by steam power on railroads shall: (1) publish printed rules for the control and operation of those trains; (2) deliver copies of the rules to all persons engaged in the operation of those trains; (3) file a copy of the rules with the Indiana…

Sec. 3. It is a Class C infraction for an agent, officer, or employee of any person engaged in the operation of railroad trains by steam power to be or become intoxicated while in the performance of his duties or to operate any such train or give orders or directions for the oper…

Sec. 4. Whenever the Indiana department of transportation, in the investigation of an accident involving loss of life, concludes that the accident occurred on account of the violation of the printed rules for the operation of trains, as required by section 1 of this chapter, by a…

Sec. 0.3. (a) As used in this section, "Indiana port commission" means the Indiana port commission established by section 3 of this chapter, as in effect before March 19, 2008. (b) As used in this section, "ports of Indiana" means the ports of Indiana established by section 3 of …

Sec. 1. In order to promote the agricultural, industrial, and commercial development of the state and to provide for the general welfare by the construction and operation, in cooperation with the federal government, or otherwise, of a modern port system with terminal facilities t…

Sec. 10. (a) The ports of Indiana is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase whenever the ports of Indiana shall deem such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights of way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under wate…

Sec. 11. The ports of Indiana is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by appropriation, under the provisions of the eminent domain law of the state, any land, including lands under water and riparian rights, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements or other pr…

Sec. 12. (a) A special and distinct revolving fund is hereby created, to be known as the Indiana port fund. Expenditures from said fund shall be made only for the following: (1) Acquisition of land, including lands under water and riparian rights, or options for the purchase of s…

Sec. 13. (a) Subject to the approval of the governor, the ports of Indiana is hereby authorized to provide by resolution of the commission, at one (1) time or from time to time, for the issuance of revenue bonds of the state for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost o…

Sec. 14. The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the port or project for which such bonds shall have been issued, and shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions, if any, as the ports of Indiana may provide in …

Sec. 15. The ports of Indiana is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds of the state payable solely from revenues for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of section 13 of thi…

Sec. 16. In the discretion of the ports of Indiana any bonds issued under the provisions of this act may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the ports of Indiana and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within…

Sec. 17. The ports of Indiana shall be authorized to fix, review, charge, and collect fees, tolls, rentals, and other charges for the use of the ports, projects, terminal facilities, and lands under the jurisdiction or control of the ports of Indiana or services rendered by the p…

Sec. 18. All money received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, from revenues, or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter, but prior to the time when needed for use m…

Sec. 19. Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given in this chapter may be restricted by the authorizing resolution or trust agreement…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (a) The word "commission" shall mean the commission created by section 3(b) of this chapter, or, if said com…

Sec. 20. Each port or project, as defined in section 2 of this chapter, when constructed and placed in operation shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the ports of Indiana. Each such project shall also be policed and operated by such force of police, tollta…

Sec. 21. All counties, cities, towns, townships, and other political subdivisions and all public agencies and commissions of the state, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the ports of Indiana at i…