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IN Code § 8-1-2.2-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-15. Remedies

Sec. 15. Remedies. Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or any of the bond coupons, and the trustee under any trust agreements, except to the extent that his rights are restricted by the trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, may, (a) either at law or in equity, by suit, action, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or, to the extent permitted by law, under the trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or under any agreement or other contract executed by the municipality or joint agency pursuant to this chapter, and (b) may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by the trust agreement or resolution to be performed by any municipality or joint agency or by any officer of any municipality or joint agency, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rents, rates, fees, and charges.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-16. Bond Eligibility for Investment

Sec. 16. Bond Eligibility for Investment. Bonds issued by a municipality or joint agency under this chapter are securities in which all public officers and agencies of the state, all insurance companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. These bonds are securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.59.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-17. Agreement of State With Bondholders

Sec. 17. Agreement of the State. The state hereby covenants and agrees with the holders of any bonds that so long as any bonds of a municipality or joint agency issued under this chapter are outstanding and unpaid, the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in such municipality or joint agency to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, enlarge, extend, own, operate and maintain its electric system or any project or interest in any project, or to establish, maintain, revise, charge, and collect the rents, rates, fees and charges referred to in this chapter and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of the bonds or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders, until the bonds, together with interest thereon, interest on any unpaid installment of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully paid, met and discharged.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-18. Limited Liability on Bonds

Sec. 18. Limited Liability. (a) The bonds issued under the authority of this chapter by a municipality shall not be general obligations of the municipality issuing them. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds shall not be payable from the general funds of the municipality, nor shall they constitute a legal or equitable pledge, charge, lien, or encumbrance upon any of its property or upon any of its income, receipts, or revenues, except the funds which are pledged under the resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust agreement securing the bonds. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of a municipality or of the state are, or may be, pledged for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds, and no holder of the bonds shall have the right to compel the exercise of the taxing power by the state or a municipality or the forfeiture of any of its property in connection with any default. Every bond shall recite in substance that the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bond is payable solely from the revenues and other funds pledged to its payment and that the municipality is not obligated to pay the principal, premium, if any, or interest except from such revenues and other funds.(b) The bonds issued under the authority of this chapter by a joint agency shall constitute obligations of the joint agency issuing them and neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof, other than the joint agency, shall be obligated to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds and neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any such political subdivision thereof or of any such municipality shall be pledged to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds.(c) Payments made under a transmission contract under section 9(a)(14) of this chapter must be paid solely from revenues of the joint agency entering into the contract. The obligation to make these payments does not constitute an indebtedness, or lend the credit of the state, a political subdivision, or a municipality to a public utility.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.81-1997, SEC.5.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-20. Acquisition and Construction Contracts

Sec. 20. Acquisition and Construction Contracts. A municipality or joint agency may contract for the planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, repair, extension, and improvement of generation, distribution, or transmission facilities within or without its corporate limits or those of its members, or may contract with other public or private entities to perform these functions, without advertising for bids or securing performance and payment bonds, except to the extent that its governing body determines that these actions are desirable in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no contract shall be invalid or unenforceable by reason of nonperformance of the conditions required by any other law relating to public contracts.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.36-2017, SEC.5.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-21. Tax Exempt Status

Sec. 21. Tax Exempt Status. Bonds, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof), shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or any agency of either thereof, excepting inheritance or gift taxes.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-22. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

Sec. 22. Payments in Lieu of Taxes. That part of a project owned by a municipality or municipalities or joint agency shall be exempt from property taxes. However, each municipality participating in a project or joint agency owning all or any part of a project shall, in lieu of property taxes, pay to any governmental unit authorized to levy property taxes the amount which would be assessed as taxes on real and personal property of a project if such project were otherwise subject to valuation and assessment. Such payments in lieu of taxes shall be due and shall bear interest if unpaid, as in the cases of taxes on other property. Payments in lieu of taxes made under this section shall be treated in the same manner as taxes for purposes of all procedural and substantive provisions of law.Except as expressly provided in this section with respect to jointly owned projects, no other property of a municipality used or useful in the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power and energy shall be subject to payments in lieu of taxes.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-23. Personnel

Sec. 23. Personnel. Personnel employed or appointed by a municipality or joint agency to work on a project shall have the same authority, rights, privileges and immunities which officers, agents and employees of municipalities enjoy, when they are acting within the scope of their authority or in the course of their employment.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-24. Dissolution of Joint Agencies

Sec. 24. Dissolution of Joint Agencies. Whenever the board of commissioners of a joint agency and the governing bodies of its member municipalities by resolution or ordinance determine that the purposes for which the joint agency was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all bonds issued and all other obligations incurred by the joint agency have been fully paid or satisfied or provision for the payment thereof has been made in accordance with the terms of the resolution or trust agreement securing the same, the board of commissioners and governing boards may declare the joint agency to be dissolved. On the effective date of the resolution or ordinance, the title to all funds and other property owned by the joint agency at the time of the dissolution shall vest in the member municipalities of the joint agency as provided in this chapter and the bylaws of the joint agency.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-25. Annual Reports

Sec. 25. Annual Reports. The municipal utilities or joint agencies possessing ownership interests in a project shall, following the closing of each fiscal year, submit a consolidated or combined annual report of their activities (including the activities of any joint agency) with respect to such project for the preceding year to the respective governing bodies of such municipalities and to the commission. Each report shall set forth in a form prescribed by the commission a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the project during the year. The municipalities or joint agencies possessing ownership interests in a project shall cause an audit of the books of record and accounts relating to such project (including any joint agency) to be made at least once in each year by a certified public accountant or accountants and the cost of the audit may be treated as a cost of construction of the project, or otherwise as part of the expenses of the administration of the project covered by such audit.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-26. Government Grants and Loans

Sec. 26. Government Grants and Loans. The governing body of any municipality or the joint agency is hereby authorized to make application and to enter into contracts for and to accept grants-in-aid and loans from the federal and state governments and their agencies for planning, acquiring, constructing, expanding, maintaining and operating any project or facility, or participating in any research or development program, or performing any function which such municipality or joint agency may be authorized by general or local law to provide or perform.In order to exercise the authority granted by this section, the governing board of any municipality or joint agency may:(1) enter into and carry out contracts with the state or federal government or any agency or institution thereof under which such government, agency or institution grants financial or other assistance to the municipality or joint agency;(2) accept such assistance or funds as may be granted or loaned by the state or federal government with or without such a contract;(3) agree to and comply with any reasonable conditions which are imposed upon such grants or loans; and(4) make expenditures from any funds so granted.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-27. Eminent Domain

Sec. 27. (a) Municipalities participating in a project and joint agencies have the power of eminent domain to the extent and in the same manner and under the same laws as municipalities or public utilities under IC 32-24-1 or IC 8-1-8. However, a municipality or joint agency exercising the power of eminent domain for a purpose authorized by this chapter may not condemn an existing facility used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power and energy.(b) The commission may order that:(1) the lines and rights-of-way of any public utility or subscriber owned utility, or municipality or municipalities participating in a joint project or joint agency may be crossed by any municipality participating in a joint project or joint agency; or(2) the lines of any municipalities participating in a joint project or joint agency may be crossed by any public utility or subscriber owned utility.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.35.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-28. Liability of Officers

Sec. 28. Liability of Officers. No officer of any municipality or joint agency or person or persons acting in their behalf, while acting within the scope of their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of his carrying out any of the powers expressly or impliedly given in this chapter.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-29. Construction With Other Laws

Sec. 29. Other Statutes. This chapter shall be considered to provide a complete method for the performance of things so authorized, and shall be considered and construed to be supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing. However, insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other general, special or local law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize the issuance of bonds for the purpose of financing facilities to be owned by any private corporation and the issuance of bonds to finance an interest in any project undertaken jointly with a private corporation shall not be construed to be the issuance of bonds for the purpose of financing facilities to be owned by any private corporation.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-30. Severability

Sec. 30. Severability of Invalid Provisions. Any provisions of this chapter which may be determined by competent authority to be prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.68, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.2-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.2. Municipal Electric Utility Programs|8-1-2.2-31. Member Participating by Electronic Means of Communication

Sec. 31. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), at least a quorum of the board must be physically present at the place where a meeting of the board of commissioners of a joint agency is conducted.(b) A member of the board of commissioners of a joint agency may participate in a meeting of the board of commissioners by using a means of electronic communication that permits:(1) all other members participating in the meeting; and(2) all members of the public physically present at the place where the meeting is conducted;to simultaneously communicate with each other during the meeting.(c) A member of the board of commissioners of a joint agency who participates in a meeting by using a means of communication described in subsection (b) is considered to be present at the meeting.(d) The memoranda of a meeting of the board of commissioners of a joint agency prepared under IC 5-14-1.5-4 must state the name of:(1) each member who was physically present at the place where the meeting was conducted;(2) each member who participated in the meeting by using a means of communication described in subsection (b); and(3) each member who was absent.(e) This subsection applies if the governor declares a disaster emergency under IC 10-14-3-12, or a local disaster emergency is declared under IC 10-14-3-29. The board of commissioners of a joint agency may meet without any members of the board of commissioners being physically present at the meeting until ninety (90) days after the disaster emergency or local disaster emergency is terminated, if the members participate by means of electronic communication in the manner set forth in subsection (b). A member of the board of commissioners of a joint agency who participates in a meeting in accordance with this subsection is considered to be present at the meeting. The board shall prepare a memoranda of the meeting as set forth in subsection (d).As added by P.L.179-2007, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.88-2021, SEC.9.
IN Code § 8-1-2.3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.3. Electricity Suppliers' Service Area Assignments|8-1-2.3-1. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy

Sec. 1. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy. It is declared to be in the public interest that, in order to encourage the orderly development of coordinated statewide electric service at retail, to eliminate or avoid unnecessary duplication of electric utility facilities, to prevent the waste of material and resources, and to promote economical, efficient, and adequate electric service to the public, the currently unincorporated areas of Indiana shall be divided into designated geographic areas within which an assigned electricity supplier has the sole right to furnish retail electric service to customers.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.69, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.3. Electricity Suppliers' Service Area Assignments|8-1-2.3-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(b) "Electricity supplier" means a public utility, a local district rural electric membership corporation, or a municipally owned electric utility which furnishes retail electric service to the public.(c) "Retail electric service" means electric service furnished to a customer for ultimate consumption, but does not include wholesale electric service furnished by an electricity supplier to another electricity supplier for resale.(d) "Existing electric distribution line" means an electric conductor which on January 1, 1979, was being used for the distribution or delivery of retail electric service.(e) "Assigned service area" means the designated geographic area within the boundaries of which an electricity supplier is authorized to furnish all retail electric service, as provided in this chapter.(f) "Municipality" means a city or town.(g) "Existing municipal limits" means the corporate boundaries of any municipality as such boundaries existed on January 1, 1979.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.69, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.30.
IN Code § 8-1-2.3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.3. Electricity Suppliers' Service Area Assignments|8-1-2.3-4. Service Area Rights

Sec. 4. Service Area Rights. (a) As long as an electricity supplier continues to provide adequate retail service, it shall have the sole right to furnish retail electric service to each present and future consumer within the boundaries of its assigned service area and no other electricity supplier shall render or extend retail electric service within its assigned service area unless the electricity supplier with the sole right consents thereto in writing and the commission approves. This subsection does not prevent the commission from exercising its authority under IC 8-1-2-69.(b) If an electricity supplier unlawfully renders or extends retail electric service within the assigned service area of another electricity supplier, the electricity supplier which has the sole right to furnish retail electric service in that assigned service area may bring an action in the circuit or superior court of the county where such assigned service area is located to enjoin the other electricity supplier from rendering or extending such unlawful retail electric service.If a violation is proved, the violator shall pay to the aggrieved electricity supplier the gross revenues derived by the violator from the sale of electric service within the assigned service area of the aggrieved electricity supplier, all witness fees, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in any litigation brought to enforce this section. Payment of damages, fees and costs does not entitle a violator to furnish retail electric service in such assigned service area. All such actions or proceedings must be brought within three (3) years after the violation occurs.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.69, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.3. Electricity Suppliers' Service Area Assignments|8-1-2.3-5. Effect of Incorporation, Annexation, Consolidation, or Merger

Sec. 5. Effect of Incorporation, Annexation, Consolidation or Merger. After January 1, 1979, the inclusion by incorporation, annexation, consolidation, or merger of any part of the assigned service area of an electricity supplier does not impair or affect the rights of an electricity supplier to continue to solely furnish and extend retail electric service throughout any part of its assigned service area, except as provided in section 6 of this chapter.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.69, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-2.4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 2.4. Alternate Energy Production, Cogeneration, and Small Hydro Facilities|8-1-2.4-1. Development of Alternate Energy Production Facilities; Policy

Sec. 1. It is the policy of this state to encourage the development of alternate energy production facilities, cogeneration facilities, and small hydro facilities in order to conserve our finite and expensive energy resources and to provide for their most efficient utilization.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.72, SEC.1.