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IN Code § 8-23-9-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-30. Claims Against Contractors; Notice of Rejection; Commencement of Actions

Sec. 30. If a claim is rejected in whole or in part, the department shall immediately notify the claimant of the action by certified mail. Within ninety (90) days after receiving notice of a rejection the claimant must commence an action against the contractor or the surety on the bond in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of the claim. Upon the filing of an action, the claimant shall procure a certificate from the clerk of the court under the seal of office that the action has been filed and listing the date of filing and the parties. The claimant shall promptly forward the certificate to the department.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-31. Claims Against Contractors; Payment of Amount Adjudged Due

Sec. 31. If an action is filed and the department notified under section 30 of this chapter, the department shall continue to hold the amount until the final determination of the action. If it is adjudged that the amount or a part is due to the claimant, the department shall pay the amount adjudged due to the claimant to the clerk of the court rendering the judgment.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-32. Claims Against Contractors; Failure to File Certificate

Sec. 32. If within ninety (90) days after the date of notice of rejection under section 29 of this chapter a claimant fails to file with the department a certificate of a clerk, the department shall pay the amount held on the claim to the contractor if otherwise entitled to receive the amount.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-33. Claims Against Contractors; Additional Remedy

Sec. 33. In addition to the remedy given in sections 26 through 31 of this chapter, a person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation may proceed against a contractor and surety as provided by section 10 of this chapter.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.157.
IN Code § 8-23-9-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-34. Claims Against Contractors; Filing of Actions

Sec. 34. Whenever a claim has been filed under this chapter with the department by a person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who has performed labor or furnished material or other service in the construction, repair, or maintenance of a highway or bridge in the state highway system, or in the construction, repair, or renovation of a building or structure used by the department, and against a contractor with the department, the department shall notify the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation filing the claim that within ninety (90) days after the date of the notice the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation must proceed by an action at law in a court of competent jurisdiction against the contractor or the surety on the contract bond of the contractor for the collection of the amount of the claim.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.158.
IN Code § 8-23-9-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-35. Claims Against Contractors; Mailing or Publication of Notice

Sec. 35. Notice under section 34 of this chapter shall be mailed to the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation by certified mail to the last known address. If the address of the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation is unknown, the notice shall be given by publication once each week for two (2) successive weeks in two (2) newspapers of general circulation published in the county or counties where the contract with the department was performed. In a notice given by publication, the names of all persons, firms, limited liability companies, or corporations who have filed claims against the contractor and who have not been notified by mail may be included. Notice under this section must state that action must be filed on the claim within ninety (90) days of the date of the notice.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.159.
IN Code § 8-23-9-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-36. Claims Against Contractors; Certificates of Filing of Actions

Sec. 36. Upon the filing of an action under section 34 of this chapter, the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation filing the action shall procure from the clerk of the court where filed a certificate under the seal of the court that an action has been filed with the date of filing and the names of the parties. The certificate shall be within five (5) days after the date of filing the action forwarded by the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation to the department.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.160.
IN Code § 8-23-9-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-37. Claims Against Contractors; Retention of Security for Protection of Claimant

Sec. 37. Upon the filing of an action and the receipt of a certificate under section 36 of this chapter, the department shall hold the money, security, or other thing held by the department for the protection of the claim, until the final determination of the action. If it is adjudged that a part of the claim is due to the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation, the department shall pay to the clerk of the court rendering judgment out of the cash retained for the claimant the amount retained by the department for the purpose. If the department retained for the protection of the claimant a check, bond, or security other than cash, the department shall notify the claimant of the fact. The claimant shall be subrogated to the rights of the department in the check, bond, or security other than cash, to the amount of the judgment, which rights the claimant may enforce in an appropriate action.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.161.
IN Code § 8-23-9-38 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-38. Claims Against Contractors; Failure to File Action and Certificate

Sec. 38. If a claimant does not file an action under section 36 of this chapter within the time specified in the notice or fails to file with the department the certificate of the clerk, the department shall pay the amount held by the department on the claim to the contractor. If the claim has been protected by check, bond, or security, the check, bond, or security shall be delivered to the contractor. If the check, bond, or security has been deposited for the protection of two (2) or more claimants, the check, bond, or other security shall be held by the department for the protection of all claimants until all are either released, waived, or satisfied.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-39 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-39. Claims Against Contractors; Additional Proceedings

Sec. 39. Sections 34 through 38 of this chapter do not limit or abridge the right of a person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation to proceed against a contractor and surety as provided by section 10 of this chapter.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.162.
IN Code § 8-23-9-40 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-40. Railroad Crossings; Separation of Grades

Sec. 40. Whenever a state highway is being constructed or reconstructed and the highway crosses or intersects a railroad, the department may, if in its opinion it is practicable, separate grades at the crossings. If the department is unable to agree with the railroad as to the separation and the method of accomplishing the separation, the department shall apply to the utility regulatory commission by verified petition asking that the grades be separated at the crossing.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-41 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-41. Railroad Crossings; Separation of Grades; Rights, Powers, and Duties of Parties Involved

Sec. 41. Upon the filing of a petition under section 40 of this chapter, the utility regulatory commission has and shall exercise all of the powers and authority conferred upon it by IC 8-6-1. A railroad, interurban street railroad, or suburban street railroad whose tracks are involved in a crossing has all the rights conferred by and is subject to all the duties imposed by IC 8-6-1.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-42 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-42. Railroad Crossings; Separation of Grades; Payment of Costs

Sec. 42. When any separation of grades is made by agreement or by order, the department shall pay one-half (1/2) of the total expense of a separation as a part of the cost of the highway, and the railroad whose tracks are involved in the separation shall pay the other one-half (1/2) of the total expense.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-43 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-43. Railroad Crossings; Separation of Grades; Multiple Railroads; Payment of Costs

Sec. 43. If two (2) or more railroads, interurban street railroads, or suburban street railroads are located in proximity to each other as to be involved in a single separation of grades, the utility regulatory commission shall pay the half of the cost not paid by the department, apportioned between the railroads, interurban street railroads, or suburban street railroads in proportion as the cost of the separation has been enhanced by the presence of the respective railroads, interurban street railroads, or suburban street railroads.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-44 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-44. Railroad Crossings; Separation of Grades; Maintenance

Sec. 44. After the construction of a separation, the department shall maintain the highway and the structures supporting it and the railroad shall maintain its roadway and track and the structures supporting the same.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-45 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-45. Railroad Crossings; Improvement and Maintenance

Sec. 45. Where the track or tracks of any steam, electric, interurban, or street railroad company occupies any part of a highway that is ordered improved and maintained by the department under this chapter, the railroad company shall improve and maintain, or pay for the cost of improving that part of the highway occupied by its tracks, including the space between the rails, the space between the tracks, if there is more than one (1) track, and the space eighteen (18) inches in width on the outside of the rails. In all cases where practicable, improvement to the full width shall be constructed outside the area occupied by the tracks, and, where not practicable to do so, the department may require the tracks to be removed to that part of the highway outside the area to be so improved.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-46 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-46. Railroad Crossings; Width of Improvements

Sec. 46. Whenever a highway improvement under section 45 of this chapter is made so as to embrace within its limits the tracks of a railroad, interurban, suburban, or street railroad, the improvement shall be made of sufficient width to give as much room for general travel on the side or sides and outside of the tracks as is given in places where there are no tracks within the improvement.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-47 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-47. Railroad Crossings; Election by Railroad Companies to Make or Pay for Improvements

Sec. 47. A railroad company may elect, by written notice filed with the department, not less than twenty (20) days before the date on which the contract for the improvement of a highway is to be let, to improve the part of the highway occupied by its tracks or to pay for the improvement done by the department. If the railroad company elects to improve the part of the highway occupied by its tracks, the company shall perform the work of improving the part of the highway with material and in a manner and according to plans and specifications that the department prescribes and shall commence, proceed with, and complete the work within a time to be fixed by the department. If the railroad company fails to do so, the company is subject to a fine of not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per day for each and every day that the improvement is not commenced or completed after the date named by the department. If the railroad company elects to pay for the improvement as done by the department, any sums assessed to cover the cost of the improvement, together with all the cost in collecting the costs, including attorney's fees, to be fixed by the court and taxed as costs in the action brought to enforce payment, shall, from the date of filing a statement of the assessment, attested by the department, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the improvement was made, constitute a lien, to which only the lien of the state for state, county, township, and school taxes is paramount.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-48 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-48. Tearing Up and Disturbing Highways; Permit; Unauthorized Signs and Markers; Violations

Sec. 48. (a) A state highway may not be torn up or otherwise disturbed for any purpose without the written permit of the commissioner and then only in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the commissioner. All work shall be done under the department's supervision, and all the cost of replacing the highway in as good condition as before the highway was disturbed, shall be paid by the person to whom or in whose behalf the permit was given. The department shall mark with proper markers, showing the number of the highway, all state highways, including the routes of the highways through cities and towns, together with the caution and direction signs that the department considers advisable.(b) It is a Class C infraction for a person to put, place, or maintain within twenty (20) feet of the right-of-way limits of a state highway, outside the limits of a city or town a sign or other device containing the words "stop", "caution", "slow", or any other word or device that also might be construed as a warning to persons using the highway.(c) It is a Class C infraction for a person to construct or maintain a sign or advertising device within one hundred (100) feet of the right-of-way of such a highway that obstructs the view of the highway of a person traveling the highway for a distance of five hundred (500) feet or less from the sign or device as the person approaches the sign or device. The department may remove unlawful signs, markers, and devices.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-49 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-49. Approaches and Drainage Structures; Construction; Private Facilities

Sec. 49. The construction of public road approaches, drainage structures for the reconstruction of definitely existing private entrances, and the drainage necessary for the protection of a state highway shall be included as a part of the improvement of the highway. Upon the completion of the highway, the owners or occupants of adjoining lands shall construct and keep in repair all private approaches or driveways from the highways, but no approaches or driveways shall be constructed in a manner as to obstruct or interfere with the highways or with a drain or ditch that has been constructed as a part of the highway.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-50 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-50. Use of Prison Labor in Preparation and Manufacturing of Road Materials

Sec. 50. The department, with the approval of the governor, may enter into an agreement with the authorities of any of the penal institutions of the state, county, or city for the use of prison labor in the preparation and manufacturing of road materials.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-51 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-51. Drains, Culverts, and Bridges; Bridge Construction Contracts

Sec. 51. All drains, culverts, and bridges on any state highways shall be considered as part of the state highway. All bridges having a span over twenty (20) feet in length may be let as a separate contract, the procedure to be the same as in the letting of contracts for state highways.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-52 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-52. Contracts Specifying Borrow or Clearing and Grubbing; Standards

Sec. 52. (a) A department contract that specifies borrow or clearing and grubbing must require the contractor to conform to the department's manual of standard specifications and must include standards for the following:(1) Borrow pit back-slopes.(2) Control of drainage water.(3) Degree of restoration.(b) Restoration of borrow areas and disposal areas must meet or exceed the standards for seeding and sodding of roadside areas.(c) Final cleanup provisions of the contract apply to the removal and disposal of perishable materials and debris from the highway right-of-way to an off-road site.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-53 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-53. Trench Safety Systems; Costs

Sec. 53. (a) This section applies to a construction, an improvement, or a maintenance project that requires creation of a trench of at least five (5) feet in depth.(b) OSHA regulations, 29 C.F.R. 1926, Subpart P, for trench safety systems shall be incorporated into the contract documents for a public works project.(c) The contract documents for a public works project must provide that the cost for trench safety systems shall be paid for:(1) as a separate pay item; or(2) in the pay item of the principal work with which the safety systems are associated.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.
IN Code § 8-23-9-54 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-54. State Highway Fund; Creation and Management

Sec. 54. (a) To provide funds for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, there is created a state highway fund from the following sources:(1) All money in the general fund to the credit of the state highway account.(2) All money that is received from the Department of Transportation or other federal agency and known as federal aid.(3) All money paid into the state treasury to reimburse the state for money paid out of the state highway fund.(4) All money provided by Indiana law for the construction, maintenance, reconstruction, repair, and control of public highways, as provided under this chapter.(5) All money that on May 22, 1933, was to be paid into the state highway fund under contemplation of any statute in force as of May 22, 1933.(6) All money that may at any time be appropriated from the state treasury.(7) Any part of the state highway fund unexpended at the expiration of any fiscal year, which shall remain in the fund and be available for the succeeding years.(8) Any money credited to the state highway fund from the motor vehicle highway account under IC 8-14-1-3(4).(9) Any money credited to the state highway fund from the highway road and street fund under IC 8-14-2-3.(10) Any money credited to the state highway fund under IC 6-6-1.1-801.5, IC 6-6-4.1-5, or IC 8-16-1-17.1.(11) Any money distributed to the state highway fund under IC 8-14-14, IC 8-15.5, or IC 8-15.7.(b) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter shall be paid out of the state highway fund.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218. Amended by P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.150; P.L.47-2006, SEC.43.
IN Code § 8-23-9-55 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 23. Indiana Department of Transportation|Chapter 9. State Highway Contracts; General Powers|8-23-9-55. Use of State Highway Fund

Sec. 55. Money in the state highway fund shall be used for the following:(1) Operation of the department.(2) Construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, and control of the state highways that are the responsibility of the department and of tollways that are the responsibility of the department under IC 8-15-3.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.218.