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IN Code § 8-1-17.5-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations|8-1-17.5-20. Authority to Issue Obligations; Sale of Obligations

Sec. 20. (a) A surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter has the power and is authorized, from time to time, to issue the surviving corporation's or successor corporation's obligations for any corporate purpose. The obligations may be authorized by one (1) or more resolutions of the board and may bear the date or dates, mature at the time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, bear interest at any rate, payable semiannually, be in the denominations, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the registration privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, at the place or places, and be subject to the terms of redemption, not exceeding the principal amount of the obligations plus accrued interest, as the board's resolution or resolutions may provide.(b) The obligations may be sold in the manner and upon the terms as the board may determine at not less than the principal amount of the obligations plus accrued interest.(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any obligations and related interest coupons, if any, issued under this chapter must possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments.As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-17.5-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations|8-1-17.5-21. Issuing of Obligations; Right to Make Covenants and Agreements

Sec. 21. In connection with the issuance of any obligations, a surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter may make any covenants or agreements and do any acts and things that may be necessary, convenient, or desirable in order to secure the surviving corporation's or successor corporation's obligations or which, in the absolute discretion of the board, tend to make the obligations more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants, agreements, acts, or things may constitute a limitation on the exercise of the powers granted by this chapter.As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-17.5-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations|8-1-17.5-22. Right of Corporation to Purchase Its Own Obligations; Cancellation Upon Purchase

Sec. 22. A surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter may, out of any funds available for that purpose, purchase:(1) any obligations issued by the surviving corporation or successor corporation; and(2) any accrued interest on the obligations;at a price determined by resolution of the board. Any obligation described in this section shall be cancelled upon its purchase by the surviving corporation or successor corporation.As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-17.5-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations|8-1-17.5-23. Articles of Dissolution; Filing With Secretary of State; Contents; Winding Up of Business; Remaining Assets

Sec. 23. (a) A surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter may be dissolved by filing in the office of the secretary of state articles of dissolution that must be entitled and endorsed "Articles of dissolution of ____________" (the blank space being filled in with the name of the surviving corporation or successor corporation) and must include the following:(1) The name of the surviving corporation or successor corporation and the names of the original corporations that were merged or consolidated to form the surviving corporation or successor corporation.(2) The date of filing the following in the office of the secretary of state:(A) the surviving corporation's or successor corporation's articles of incorporation, as most recently amended; and(B) the articles of incorporation of the original corporations that were merged or consolidated to form the surviving corporation or successor corporation.(3) A statement that the corporation elects to dissolve.(4) The name and post office address of each of the directors of the surviving corporation or successor corporation, and the name, title, and post office address of each of the officers of the surviving corporation or successor corporation.(b) The articles of dissolution shall be subscribed and acknowledged by the surviving corporation's or successor corporation's president or a vice president, and by the secretary or an assistant secretary, who shall make and annex an affidavit stating that they have been authorized to execute and file the articles by a resolution adopted by the members of the surviving corporation or successor corporation at a meeting called and held as provided in section 14 of this chapter.(c) The articles of dissolution, or one (1) or more certified copies of the articles, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and upon that filing, the corporation shall be considered dissolved.(d) A surviving corporation or successor corporation dissolved under subsection (c) shall continue for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and discharging any existing liabilities or obligations and collecting or liquidating its assets, and doing all other acts required to adjust and wind up its business and affairs, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.(e) Any assets remaining after all liabilities or obligations of the surviving corporation or successor corporation have been satisfied or discharged pass to and become the property of the state.As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-17.5-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations|8-1-17.5-25. Jurisdiction of Commission

Sec. 25. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may exercise jurisdiction over a surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter only to do the following:(1) Ensure compliance with IC 8-1-2.8 concerning the provision of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons in Indiana.(2) Enforce rules adopted under IC 8-1-29 to ensure that a customer of a telecommunications provider is not:(A) switched to another telecommunications provider unless the customer authorizes the switch; or(B) billed for services by a telecommunications provider that without the customer's authorization added the services to the customer's service order.(3) Conduct proceedings under:(A) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); and(B) IC 20-20-16;concerning universal service and access to telecommunications service and equipment, including the designation of eligible telecommunications carriers under 47 U.S.C. 214.(4) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-1.5 or IC 8-1-2-5.(5) Issue or maintain certificates of territorial authority for communications service providers under IC 8-1-32.5.(6) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-34 to issue and maintain certificates of franchise authority to multichannel video programming distributors offering video service to Indiana customers.(7) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-13(c)(8) concerning the reporting of information by communications service providers.(8) Fulfill the commission's duties under any state or federal law concerning the administration of any universally applicable dialing code for any communications service.(9) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.3 with respect to assigned service areas for electricity suppliers.(10) Issue:(A) certificates of public convenience and necessity, certificates of territorial authority, and indeterminate permits under IC 8-1-2;(B) certificates of public convenience and necessity under IC 8-1-8.5; or(C) certificates of public convenience and necessity under IC 8-1-8.7.(11) Determine territorial disputes between water utilities under IC 8-1.5-6.As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.219-2011, SEC.2; P.L.109-2012, SEC.11; P.L.256-2013, SEC.13; P.L.213-2014, SEC.5; P.L.156-2017, SEC.3; P.L.73-2020, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-17.5-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations|8-1-17.5-26. Right to Appeal

Sec. 26. Any person adversely affected by any final decision, ruling, or order of:(1) the commission; or(2) a court with jurisdiction;under this chapter may appeal the decision, ruling, or order under the same appeal procedures set forth in IC 8-1-3.As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-17.5-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations|8-1-17.5-27. Applicability of Nonprofit Corporation Law

Sec. 27. IC 23-17 and all rights and powers under IC 23-17 apply to a surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter, unless the provisions of IC 23-17 are in conflict or inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter.As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-18-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 18. Small Telephone Companies─mortgages|8-1-18-1. Authority to Encumber

Sec. 1. Any telephone company that does not have more than five thousand (5,000) subscribers and operating within the state of Indiana, may, upon the authorization of its board of directors and without the approval of its shareholders, execute and deliver a mortgage or mortgages, a deed or deeds of trust, pledge or encumber any or all of the property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of such telephone company, whether acquired or to be acquired and wherever situated, as well as the revenues therefrom, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors shall determine, to secure an indebtedness of such telephone company to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof: Provided, however, That a notice of the intention to execute such mortgage shall be given by the telephone company in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the county in which the principal office of such company is located, and if there be only one (1) newspaper published in such county, publication in one (1) newspaper will be sufficient.Formerly: Acts 1955, c.193, s.1.
IN Code § 8-1-19-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 19. Telephone Companies─receivership|8-1-19-1. Public Policy

Sec. 1. Whereas the telephone system of this country is a nationwide interconnected and interrelated system, no part of which may be suspended without seriously and adversely affecting the whole, and whereas the continuous operation of such communications system is essential to the operation of the economic life of the country and is necessary to prevent extreme hardship, now, therefore, it is legislatively determined that the remedy of suspension or revocation of the permit of a telephone company for violation of law or the rules or orders of lawful authority is wholly inadequate and that additional remedy therefor is necessary and proper and that the intrinsic nature of the telephone business justifies such additional remedy for such industry.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.270, s.1.
IN Code § 8-1-19-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 19. Telephone Companies─receivership|8-1-19-2. Verified Showing; Hearing; Order for Receivership

Sec. 2. If any telephone company shall violate any provision of law, or any rule or order of the commission or of any other lawful authority or shall fail to perform any duty imposed upon it by law or by any such rule or order, then, and in that event, in addition to all other remedies provided by law, the commission may, in a proper case, file a verified showing in any circuit court, superior court, or probate court in this state wherein is located the main or principal office or place of business of any telephone company, that such telephone company has failed, neglected, or refused to comply with such provision of law or with an order or requirement of said commission or other lawful authority and that the users of the telephone service furnished by such telephone company, or the public, will be damaged or injured by the continued noncompliance with such law, order or requirement, and that it would be to the interest of the public, that on ten (10) days notice to such telephone company the court should appoint a receiver to operate said telephone company and to render such service or to comply with such law, order, or requirement of the said commission or other lawful authority. Such court may, upon such showing, appoint a receiver for such purpose who shall thereupon qualify as other receivers are qualified and shall thereupon have and exercise the same rights and be subject to the same duties and obligations as now provided by law for public utilities. Such receivership shall be continued, until it is found by the court that said telephone company will, in all reasonable probability, comply in the future with all rules and orders applicable thereto. Such finding shall be entered only after hearing upon notice to the commission. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this section, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any public utility acting within the scope of the officer's, agent's, or person's employment shall in every case be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such public utility.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.270, s.2. As amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.57; P.L.84-2016, SEC.34.
IN Code § 8-1-22.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 22.5. Gas Pipeline Safety|8-1-22.5-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided:(a) The term "gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas which is toxic or corrosive.(b) The term "transportation" means:(1) the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas, hazardous liquids, or carbon dioxide fluid by pipeline; or(2) the storage of gas, hazardous liquids, or carbon dioxide fluids.The term does not include the gathering of gas in those rural locations which lie outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village, or any other designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, a business or shopping center, a community development, or any similar populated area which the commission may define as a nonrural area.(c) The term "pipeline" means all parts of those physical facilities through which gas, hazardous liquids, or carbon dioxide fluid moves in transportation, including pipe, valves, and other appurtenances attached to pipe, compressor units, metering stations, regulator stations, delivery stations, holders, and fabricated assemblies, but excluding motor vehicles of all kinds and pipelines serving not less than ten (10) customers with petroleum gas from a common source.(d) The term "pipeline facilities" means and includes, without limitation, new and existing pipelines, rights-of-way and any equipment, facility, or building used in:(1) transportation; or(2) the treatment of gas, hazardous liquids, or carbon dioxide fluid during the course of transportation.The term excludes motor vehicles of all kinds and pipelines serving not less than ten (10) customers with petroleum gas from a common source.(e) The term "person" means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.(f) The term "municipality" means a city, county, or any political subdivision of the state.(g) The term "division" means the pipeline safety division to be established under this chapter.(h) The term "maximum allowable operating pressure" means the maximum pressure at which a pipeline or a segment of a pipeline may be operated.(i) The term "hazardous liquid" means petroleum, petroleum products, or anhydrous ammonia.(j) The term "carbon dioxide fluid" means a fluid consisting of more than ninety percent (90%) carbon dioxide molecules compressed to a supercritical state.Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.84, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.58; P.L.8-1993, SEC.128; P.L.118-2006, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-22.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 22.5. Gas Pipeline Safety|8-1-22.5-2. Establishment of Pipeline Safety Division of Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; Subjects Regulated

Sec. 2. There is hereby established within the Commission a Pipeline Safety Division. The Division shall be charged with the regulation of:(1) transportation; and(2) related pipeline facilities and their operations;in order to promote the public safety.Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.84, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.118-2006, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-1-22.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 22.5. Gas Pipeline Safety|8-1-22.5-3. Directors; Personnel

Sec. 3. The Division shall be administered by a Director who shall be employed by, and shall be responsible to, the Commission and, who shall meet the job and personnel requirements of the State Department of Administration. The Director shall, with the approval of the Commission, employ a staff of competent full-time employees with professional and technical qualifications and ability. The Director, with approval of the Commission, may engage the services of qualified consultants as he deems appropriate.Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.84, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-22.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 22.5. Gas Pipeline Safety|8-1-22.5-4. Powers and Duties

Sec. 4. The division, acting through the commission, shall:(1) Administer and require compliance with federal safety standards applicable to transportation and related pipeline facilities established under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.), and otherwise administer this chapter in such manner as may be required in order to maintain and continue in effect certification of the commission under 49 U.S.C. 60105.(2) Establish, by rules and regulations of the commission, minimum state safety standards for transportation and related pipeline facilities. Such standards shall not be less stringent than the federal safety standards established under 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. and shall apply to the design, installation, inspection (including the taking possession of pipe and pipeline components), testing, construction, extension, operation, replacement, and maintenance of such pipeline facilities. Such new standards affecting the design, installation, construction, initial inspection, and initial testing shall not be applicable to pipeline facilities in existence prior to the date such standards are established. In establishing such standards, the following shall be considered:(A) relevant available pipeline safety data;(B) whether such standards are appropriate for the particular type of pipeline transportation;(C) the reasonableness of any proposed standards;(D) the extent to which such standards will contribute to public safety; and(E) federal safety standards established under 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.(3) Whenever a particular pipeline facility is found to be hazardous to human life or property, require, through the issuance of a hazardous condition order, the person who owns, operates, or leases such pipeline facility to take such action necessary to remove such hazards. Except in cases where immediate or extreme emergency is found to exist, such order shall not be issued until such person is afforded an opportunity to present the person's views and any facts bearing on the situation. In any event, unless such order is issued after notice and hearing, the person to whom such order is directed shall be entitled to prompt notice and hearing on the question as to whether such order shall be continued in effect.(4) Review all incidents reported within the state involving accidents resulting in personal injury requiring hospitalization, death, or property damage in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), when the same is accompanied by an explosion, misapplication, and/or escapement of gas, hazardous liquid, or carbon dioxide fluid. Copies of any official report of the division shall be available for distribution to all interested persons, for the purpose of promoting pipeline safety.(5) Keep itself informed as to research and development regarding pipeline safety.Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.84, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.88; P.L.118-2006, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-22.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 22.5. Gas Pipeline Safety|8-1-22.5-5. Waiver of Standards

Sec. 5. Upon application by any person who engages in transportation or who owns, operates, or leases pipeline facilities, the commission may, after notice and opportunity for public hearing, and under such terms and conditions and to such extent as the commission deems appropriate, issue an order waiving in whole or in part compliance with any standard or standards established under this chapter, if the commission determines that such waiver of compliance with such standard or standards is not inconsistent with pipeline safety. The commission shall state in such order its reasons for any such waiver and shall otherwise comply with the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. with regard to such waiver.Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.84, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.118-2006, SEC.4.