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IN Code § 8-15-3-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-27. Adoption of Rules; Traffic Controls

Sec. 27. Notwithstanding IC 9, the department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the following:(1) Establishing weight and size limitations for vehicles using a tollway, subject to the following:(A) The operator of any vehicle exceeding any of the maximum allowable dimensions or weights must apply to the department in writing for an application for a special hauling permit. The application must be received at least seven (7) days before the time of desired entry. A permit, if granted, shall be given to the applicant in duplicate, properly completed, and numbered. The driver of the vehicle must have a copy to present to the toll attendant on duty at the point of entry to the tollway.(B) The department shall assess a fee for issuing a special hauling permit. In assessing the fee, the department shall take into consideration the following factors:(i) The administrative cost of issuing the permit.(ii) The potential damage the vehicle represents to the project.(iii) The potential safety hazard the vehicle represents.(2) Establishing the speed at which a vehicle may be driven on a tollway, including a minimum speed and a maximum speed not in excess of the maximum provided in IC 9 for the interstate defense network of dual highways.(3) Designating one-way traffic lanes on a tollway.(4) Determining the manner of operation of vehicles entering and leaving traffic lanes on a tollway.(5) Determining the regulation of U-turns, of crossing or entering medians, of stopping, parking, or standing, and of passing vehicles on a tollway.(6) Determining the establishment and enforcement of traffic control signs and signals for vehicles in traffic lanes, acceleration and deceleration lanes, toll plazas, and interchanges on a tollway.(7) Determining the limitation of entry to and exit from a tollway to designated entrances and exits.(8) Determining the limitation on use of a tollway by pedestrians and aircraft and by vehicles of a type specified in the rules.(9) Regulating commercial activity on tollways, including the following:(A) The offering or display of goods or services for sale.(B) The posting, distributing, or displaying of signs, advertisements, or other printed or written material.(C) The operation of a mobile or stationary public address system.As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.13. Amended by P.L.40-2000, SEC.1; P.L.23-2001, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-15-3-27.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-27.5. Rules Restricting Use of Lanes

Sec. 27.5. (a) The rules adopted under section 26 or 27 of this chapter may include restrictions on the use of one (1) or more lanes on any part of a tollway as necessary, appropriate, or desirable for financing the tollway or to reduce congestion, increase mobility, promote fuel conservation, achieve operating efficiencies, or promote public safety. The restrictions may include limiting use of one (1) or more lanes to private vehicles, high occupancy vehicles, vehicles that participate in an electronic tolling program, trucks, commercial vehicles, special fuel vehicles, transit vehicles, or vehicles that pay a higher toll for exclusive use of a dedicated lane. The rules may require a person eligible to use a restricted lane to obtain the permit specified by the department or an operator, as permitted under a public-private agreement.(b) The department may require that an electronic device or other identification device specified by the department or by an operator as permitted under a public-private agreement be maintained in a vehicle using a restricted lane on a tollway.(c) The department may construct barriers or implement other design, construction, or operational features to implement a managed lane, express lane, or other program under this section.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.34.
IN Code § 8-15-3-27.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-27.7. Rules Concerning Electronic Tolling

Sec. 27.7. (a) The rules adopted under section 26 or 27 of this chapter may establish an electronic tolling program. The rules must provide at least the following:(1) A participant must enter into a written agreement containing the terms and conditions approved by the department.(2) An agreement must require the participant to do the following:(A) Establish the account specified by the department and maintain the balance of funds in the account specified by the department.(B) Hold and use any device provided to register use of a tollway that is chargeable to the participant's account in the manner specified in the rules and participant's agreement.(C) Pay the fees, charges, and tolls specified by the department or an operator, as permitted under a public-private agreement.(D) Comply with any other necessary or appropriate terms and conditions specified by the department or an operator, as permitted under a public-private agreement.(3) A method for resolving disputed charges with account holders, including an agreement by the account holder to hold the department and its agents harmless for the payment of any unpaid financial obligation incurred by the account holder.(4) The program will comply with all applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and rules regulating credit transactions between the entity holding the account and the account holder.(5) Notice will be provided to the participant of all federal and state privacy, credit, and other laws, regulations, and policies applicable to an account and the program.(b) The department may establish reasonable fees and charges to be charged to account holders and business entities participating in the electronic tolling program and to recover costs of administration, account initiation and maintenance, late payments, credit card and other electronic transactions, enforcement, and improvement of the program. The fees and charges shall be deposited in the appropriate special funds account for the tollways covered by the program, as specified by the department, or used, retained, or deposited as permitted under a public-private agreement.(c) The identifying credit and tollway use information of an electronic tolling program participant may not be used by the department or an operator for commercial purposes not related to the tollway.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.35.
IN Code § 8-15-3-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-28. Violations of Rule; Size and Weight Violations

Sec. 28. (a) A person who violates a rule adopted under section 27 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction.(b) A violation of a weight limitation established by rule under section 27 of this chapter is:(1) a Class B infraction if the total of all excess weight under those limitations is more than five thousand (5,000) pounds but not more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds; or(2) a Class A infraction if the total of all excess weight under those limitations is more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds.(c) It is a defense to the charge of violating a weight limitation that the total of all excess weight under that limitation is less than one thousand (1,000) pounds.(d) The court may suspend the registration of a vehicle that violates a size or weight limitation for a period of not more than ninety (90) days. Upon the conviction of a person for a violation of a weight or size limitation, the court may recommend suspension of a current chauffeur's license only if the violation is committed knowingly.As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-15-3-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-29. Condition and Repair of Tollways

Sec. 29. Each tollway shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the department.As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-15-3-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-30. Restoration or Repair of Damaged Property

Sec. 30. All public and private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out this chapter shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable or adequate compensation made for it.As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-15-3-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-31. Lease, Grant, or Conveyance of Property by Political Subdivision or Public Agency

Sec. 31. Notwithstanding any other law, each county, city, town, township, and other political subdivision and public agency of the state may lease, lend, grant, or convey to the state at the request of the department, upon reasonable and fair terms and conditions, and without the necessity for an advertisement, order of court, or other formal action (other than the regular and formal action of the departments concerned), any real property for the purposes of this chapter.As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-15-3-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-32. Conversion of Tollways to State Highways

Sec. 32. Subject to any public-private agreement that applies to a tollway, including terms applicable to the financing of the tollway, the department may, after issuing an order and after receiving the governor's approval, at any time determine that a tollway under its jurisdiction should become a part of the system of state highways free of tolls.As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.13. Amended by P.L.18-1990, SEC.141; P.L.47-2006, SEC.36.
IN Code § 8-15-3-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-33. Studies of Tollway; Additional Interchanges

Sec. 33. (a) The department may expend any funds available for the study of a tollway and may use the department's engineering and other resources, including consulting engineers and traffic engineers, to conduct this study.(b) The department shall make studies of the feasibility of construction of additional interchanges along tollways near population and traffic generating centers. These studies shall be made by consulting engineers and traffic engineers who are retained by the department in connection with its other duties under this chapter.As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.13. Amended by P.L.18-1990, SEC.142.
IN Code § 8-15-3-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-34. Employment of Police Officers

Sec. 34. The department may arrange for the use and employment of police officers to police a tollway. The police officers employed under this section are vested with all necessary police powers to enforce state laws. A police officer employed under this section has the same powers within the property limits of a tollway as a law enforcement officer (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-185) within the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction. A warrant of arrest issued by the proper authority of the state may be executed within the property limits of the tollway by a police officer employed by the department or an operator.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.37. Amended by P.L.114-2012, SEC.17.
IN Code § 8-15-3-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-35. Exercise of Certain Powers by Authority or Operator

Sec. 35. (a) If a public-private agreement is entered into under IC 8-15.7 with respect to a project, the department may authorize:(1) the authority to exercise all or a part of the powers of the department under this chapter necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter or IC 8-15.7; and(2) the operator under the public-private agreement to exercise all or a part of the powers of the department under sections 9, 16, 29, and 30 of this chapter under the public-private agreement.(b) The department may authorize the authority to exercise all or a part of the powers of the department under this chapter necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.38.
IN Code § 8-15-3-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15. Toll Roads|Chapter 3. Tollways|8-15-3-36. Request for Waiver to Toll

Sec. 36. (a) Before July 1, 2017, the department shall submit a request to the Federal Highway Administration for a waiver to toll lanes on interstate highways. If:(1) a waiver is granted under this subsection; and(2) the department, with the approval of the governor, decides to establish toll lanes under the waiver;the first toll lanes established on an interstate highway must be located at least seventy-five (75) miles from an interstate highway or bridge on which travel is subject to tolling as of July 1, 2017.(b) The department shall engage an outside consulting firm to conduct a feasibility study on tolling the interstate highways, including revenue projections based on an analysis of optimal tolling rates, vehicle counts and types by state of registration, and traffic diversion.(c) The feasibility study described in subsection (b) must consider the following:(1) The economic impact and feasibility of tolling particular interstate highways.(2) The ability to provide discounts, credits, or otherwise lessen the impact of tolling on local, commuter, and in-state operators.(3) Information related to the number and impact of out-of-state operators expected to use interstate highways in Indiana.(4) The rationale for the federal authorization of any tolling plan that may be submitted by the state to the United States Department of Transportation.(5) The optimal levels at which tolls may reasonably be expected to be set for passenger vehicles and other vehicles.(6) Appropriate tolling rules regarding population center local traffic.(7) The state's ability to enter into monetization agreements or long term contracts for initial construction, long term maintenance, installation, and operation of tolling facilities.(8) Any estimates of which highway facilities would be conducive to tolling operations.(9) Goals for participation by women-owned and minority owned business enterprises.(10) Ways to maximize the use of Indiana workers and products made in Indiana.(d) A written report on the feasibility study shall be delivered before November 1, 2017, to the governor, the legislative council, and the budget committee. The report to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. This subsection expires December 31, 2017.(e) If, after review of the feasibility study, the governor determines that tolling is the best means of achieving major interstate system improvements in Indiana, the governor shall create a strategic plan for tolling interstate highways and submit the strategic plan to the budget committee before December 1, 2018.As added by P.L.218-2017, SEC.72.
IN Code § 8-15.5-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 1. General Provisions|8-15.5-1-1. Supplemental Nature of Powers Conferred by Article

Sec. 1. The powers conferred by this article are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. If any other law or rule is inconsistent with this article, this article is controlling as to any public-private agreement entered into under this article.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.
IN Code § 8-15.5-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 1. General Provisions|8-15.5-1-3. Findings by General Assembly

Sec. 3. The general assembly finds and determines that:(1) the state has limited resources to fund the maintenance and expansion of the state transportation system, including toll roads, or the maintenance and expansion of other facilities used by the state or other governmental entities, and therefore alternative funding sources should be developed to supplement public revenue sources;(2) the Indiana finance authority should be authorized to solicit, evaluate, negotiate, and administer agreements with the private sector for the purposes described in subdivision (1);(3) it is necessary to serve the public interest and to provide for the public welfare by adopting this article for the purposes described in this article;(4) public-private agreements entered into by private entities and the Indiana finance authority under this article should allow for:(A) transparency, oversight, and public information sharing;(B) compliance with all state and federal environmental laws; and(C) fairness for local jurisdictions when negotiating the public-private agreements.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.85-2010, SEC.5; P.L.213-2015, SEC.104.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-1. Application

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-2. "Authority"

Sec. 2. "Authority" refers to the Indiana finance authority.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-3. "Department"

Sec. 3. "Department" refers to:(1) the Indiana department of transportation for freeway projects and toll road projects; or(2) the appropriate governmental entity, state agency, or instrumentality, whichever applies, for a facility project that is the subject of a public-private agreement under this article.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.105.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-3.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-3.2. "Facility Project"

Sec. 3.2. "Facility project" means a project to plan, design, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, improve, extend, expand, lease, operate, repair, manage, maintain, or finance a state park inn and related improvements in an existing state park located in a county with a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) and less than three hundred thousand (300,000) that is or will be owned by or leased in the name of the state or the authority and is the subject of a public-private agreement under this article.As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.106. Amended by P.L.189-2018, SEC.86; P.L.9-2020, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-3.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-3.3. "Freeway Project"

Sec. 3.3. (a) "Freeway project" means any nontolled, new or existing road, street, express highway, limited access facility, superhighway, or motorway for which a public-private agreement is entered into, including all bridges, tunnels, overpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, other public ways, and administration, storage, and other buildings and facilities considered necessary or desirable by the authority for the operation of the freeway project.(b) The term includes the following:(1) All property, rights, easements, and interests that may be acquired by the authority for the construction or the operation of the freeway project.(2) Any subsequent improvement, betterment, enlargement, extension, or reconstruction of an existing freeway project.(3) A project connecting Indiana to an adjacent state.As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.137.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-3.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-3.5. "Governmental Entity"

Sec. 3.5. "Governmental entity" means:(1) any state;(2) any authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, agency, department, division, or other instrumentality established by any state, including a unit of local government; or(3) any entity established by the laws of another state in which the state of Indiana has been invited to participate.As added by P.L.85-2010, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.91-2014, SEC.18.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-4. "Offeror"

Sec. 4. "Offeror" means a private entity that has submitted a proposal for a public-private agreement under this article.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-5. "Operator"

Sec. 5. "Operator" means a private entity that has entered into a public-private agreement with the authority.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-6. "Private Entity"

Sec. 6. "Private entity" means any individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, general partnership, limited partnership, nonprofit entity, or other private legal entity. A governmental entity may provide services to a private entity without affecting the private status of the private entity and the ability to enter into a public-private agreement.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.91-2014, SEC.19.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-7. "Project"

Sec. 7. "Project" means any of the following:(1) A toll road project.(2) A freeway project.(3) A facility project.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.138; P.L.213-2015, SEC.107.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-8. "Public-Private Agreement"

Sec. 8. "Public-private agreement" means an agreement under this article between a private entity and the authority under which the private entity, acting on behalf of the authority (and, where applicable, a governmental entity) as lessee, licensee, or franchisee, will plan, design, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, improve, extend, expand, lease, operate, repair, manage, maintain, or finance a project.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.139; P.L.91-2014, SEC.20; P.L.213-2015, SEC.108.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-9. "Request for Proposals"

Sec. 9. "Request for proposals" means all materials and documents prepared by or on behalf of the authority to solicit proposals from offerors to enter into a public-private agreement.As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.39.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-9.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-9.5. "Toll Road Project"

Sec. 9.5. "Toll road project" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-15-2-4(4).As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.140.
IN Code § 8-15.5-2-9.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 15.5. Public-Private Agreements for Toll Road Projects|Chapter 2. Definitions|8-15.5-2-9.7. "Unit of Local Government"

Sec. 9.7. "Unit of local government" means a:(1) county;(2) city;(3) town; or(4) township;located in Indiana.As added by P.L.91-2014, SEC.21.