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IN Code § 8-3-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 8. Railroad Rights-of-Way─recording Deeds|8-3-8-2. Necessity for Recordation

Sec. 2. Every such conveyance, lease, release, or other contract affecting any right of way of any railroad not so recorded in forty-five (45) days, as provided for in section 1 of this chapter, shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee in good faith and for a valuable consideration.Formerly: Acts 1893, c.152, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.29.
IN Code § 8-3-13-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 13. Rail Branch Lines|8-3-13-1. Authority to Build and Operate

Sec. 1. Any railroad company organized under the laws of this state is hereby authorized to build and operate, in addition to the main line authorized by its charter or articles of association, branch railroads from any point or points on its main line, to or through any adjacent mineral lands, containing coal, iron or building stone, not, however, exceeding in distance fifty (50) miles from the nearest point on said main line: Provided, however, That no railroad company shall build any such branch railroad if the owners of one-third its stock object thereto.Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.22, s.1; Acts 1869(ss), c.47, s.1; Acts 1889, c.63, s.1.
IN Code § 8-3-13-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 13. Rail Branch Lines|8-3-13-2. Construction and Maintenance; Charter Powers

Sec. 2. The powers of the charter of any railroad company constructing such branch in relation to the entering upon and taking possession of and acquiring title to any ground and materials necessary in the construction and maintenance of such road, shall be, and the same are hereby, extended to the construction and maintenance of any such branch road.Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.22, s.2.
IN Code § 8-3-15-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 15. Public Use of Railroad Land|8-3-15-1. Railroad Right Retained

Sec. 1. The use by the public (of the) right of way or depot grounds of any railroad in this state by riding, driving or walking thereon, shall not ripen into a right to continue to do so even though it has been so used for a period of twenty (20) years or more; nor shall such use be evidence of a grant to do so except where such use is made across such ground to connect a street or highway on each side thereof, and except where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudged the existence of a street or highway.Formerly: Acts 1899, c.209, s.1.
IN Code § 8-3-15-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 15. Public Use of Railroad Land|8-3-15-3. Riding, Driving, or Walking on Right-of-Way or Yard a Misdemeanor; Definitions; Exceptions

Sec. 3. (a) A person who rides, drives, or walks on or along the right-of-way or yard of a railroad company at a place other than a public crossing commits a Class B misdemeanor.(b) "Right-of-way" means the track or roadbed owned or leased by a railroad which is located on either side of its tracks and which is readily recognizable to a reasonable person as being railroad property or is reasonably identified as such by fencing or appropriate signs.(c) "Yard" means a system of parallel tracks, cross-overs, and switches where cars are switched and made up into trains, and where cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or awaiting repairs.(d) This section does not apply to:(1) passengers on trains or employees of a railroad company while engaged in the performance of their duties;(2) picketing by railroad employees in the vicinity of entrances to railroad company property;(3) an authorized representative of the railroad employees;(4) a person going upon the right-of-way or into the yard to save human life or to protect property;(5) a person being on the station grounds or in the depot of the railroad company as a passenger or for the purpose of transacting business;(6) a person, or the person's family or employees going upon the right-of-way for the purpose of crossing from one (1) part to another part of a farm the person owns or leases, where the farm lies on both sides of the right-of-way;(7) a person having written permission from the railroad company to go upon the right-of-way;(8) representatives of the Indiana department of transportation;(9) representatives of the federal Surface Transportation Board; or(10) a professional surveyor or a professional surveyor's employees who are on the right-of-way or in the yard for the purpose of making land surveys.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.26, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.62, SEC.4; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.41; P.L.18-1990, SEC.49; P.L.259-1999, SEC.1; P.L.57-2013, SEC.9.
IN Code § 8-3-17-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-1. Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms

Sec. 1. Upon the application in writing of a company owning, leasing, using, or operating a railroad in Indiana accompanied by the statements of three (3) reputable Indiana citizens testifying to the moral character of the applicant, the Indiana department of transportation shall appoint and commission persons the company designates and the department finds to be suitable and qualified persons, to act as policemen for the company, upon the premises of the company, or elsewhere within Indiana, when engaged in the discharge of their duties as policemen for that company. Every policeman appointed shall be known as a railroad policeman and shall be a person of good moral character. The policeman shall be commissioned so long as the policeman is employed by the company on whose application the policeman was appointed, unless the policeman's commission is sooner revoked by the Indiana department of transportation for good cause shown, or by the company on whose application the railroad policeman was appointed, as provided in section 8 of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.1; Acts 1975, P.L.80, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.42; P.L.18-1990, SEC.50.
IN Code § 8-3-17-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-2. Commission; Recordation; Powers and Duties

Sec. 2. (a) Every policeman appointed under this chapter shall, before entering upon the duties of office, take and subscribe an oath of office, which shall be endorsed upon the officer's commission, and the commission, with the oath, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the policeman resides. Every policeman who is appointed and commissioned as provided in this chapter shall have, exercise, and possess, throughout Indiana, while engaged in the discharge of the officer's duties as a policeman, the powers of sheriffs, marshals, constables, and municipal police officers, except in the service of civil process.(b) A policeman who is appointed and commissioned under this chapter must wear a distinctive uniform and a badge of authority or must operate a motor vehicle that is clearly marked as a police vehicle when exercising the officer's authority to arrest or issue a traffic information and summons to a person for the violation of a law or ordinance regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on a public highway.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.31; P.L.72-1989, SEC.4.
IN Code § 8-3-17-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-3. Powers and Duties

Sec. 3. Such policemen shall enforce and compel obedience to the laws of this state and to the ordinances of the cities and towns thereof, when engaged in the discharge of their duties as policemen for such company, and the keepers of jails, lock-ups and station-houses, in any county, city or town shall receive all persons arrested by such policemen for the commission of any offense against the laws of this state, or the ordinances of any such city or town, to be dealt with according to law, and persons so arrested shall be received by such keepers of jails, lock-ups or station-houses, on the same basis, and such persons shall have the same status as prisoners arrested by any other peace officer of the state of Indiana.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.3.
IN Code § 8-3-17-3.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-3.5. Educational and Training Requirements

Sec. 3.5. (a) All railroad police commissioned under this chapter shall, within one (1) year of their commissioning, successfully complete all educational and training requirements established by rule of the Indiana department of transportation.(b) Any newly commissioned railroad policeman who has had previous law enforcement experience and schooling which exceeds the training requirements established by the Indiana department of transportation may, upon proof of the policeman's previous experience and training, obtain a waiver of the training requirements imposed by this section.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.80, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.43; P.L.18-1990, SEC.51.
IN Code § 8-3-17-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-4. Badge; Exhibition Upon Demand and Before Making Arrest

Sec. 4. Every policeman so appointed and commissioned shall, when on duty, as herein provided, wear a metallic badge, with the word "Police" and the name of the railroad company for which he is appointed, inscribed thereon, and he shall exhibit such badge, on demand, and before making an arrest.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.4.
IN Code § 8-3-17-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-5. Compensation

Sec. 5. The compensation for such policemen shall be paid by the company for which they are respectively appointed.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.5.
IN Code § 8-3-17-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-6. Surety Bond

Sec. 6. Every policeman appointed and commissioned shall, before entering upon the discharge of the policeman's duties, give a surety bond of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned upon the faithful performance of the policeman's duties. All the bonds shall be filed with and approved by the Indiana department of transportation, and, upon filing the bond, the policeman shall pay to the department ten dollars ($10).Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.6; Acts 1975, P.L.80, SEC.3. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.44; P.L.18-1990, SEC.52.
IN Code § 8-3-17-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-7. Certificate; Issuance of Commission

Sec. 7. Upon the issuance of a commission to any policeman, as provided for in this chapter, the Indiana department of transportation shall also issue to that policeman a certificate certifying that the commission has been issued, giving the name of the policeman commissioned, the name of the railroad company that policeman represents, and designating the date on which the commission was issued. The certificates shall be of the form, size, and description as the department may determine.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.7; Acts 1975, P.L.80, SEC.4. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.45; P.L.18-1990, SEC.53.
IN Code § 8-3-17-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-8. Termination of Powers

Sec. 8. When a company no longer requires the services of a policeman, it shall file a notice to that effect, under its corporate seal, with the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the commission of that policeman is recorded, which shall be noted by the clerk of the circuit court upon the margin of the record where the commission is recorded. The company shall also file notice with the Indiana department of transportation. Thereupon, the powers of that policeman terminate.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.8; Acts 1975, P.L.80, SEC.5. As amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.46; P.L.18-1990, SEC.54.
IN Code § 8-3-17-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-9. Definitions

Sec. 9. The term "railroad or railroads" or "railroad company" or any combination of such terms as used in this chapter shall be construed to include both steam and interurban railroads but shall not be construed to include hobby, tourist, amusement, and non-freight-carrying railroads.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.9. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.26, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-3-17-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 17. Railroad Police|8-3-17-11. Effect of Acts 1975, p.l.80 on Commissions

Sec. 11. Acts 1975, P.L.80 does not affect the validity of a railroad policeman's commission in existence on January 1, 1976.As added by P.L.1-1989, SEC.16.
IN Code § 8-3-18-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 18. Conductor's Police Power|8-3-18-1. Authority

Sec. 1. The conductors of all trains carrying passengers within this state shall be invested with police powers while on duty on their respective trains.Formerly: Acts 1875, c.84, s.1.
IN Code § 8-3-18-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 18. Conductor's Police Power|8-3-18-2. Ejection of Passengers; Refund of Fare

Sec. 2. When any passenger shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or use any obscene language, or play any games of cards or chance for money upon any passenger trains, the conductor of such train is hereby authorized to stop his train at any place where such offense has been committed, and eject such passenger from the train, using only such force as may be necessary to accomplish such removal, and may command the assistance of the employees of the railroad company to assist in such removal; but, before doing so, he shall tender to such passenger such proportion of the fare he has paid as the distance he then is from the place to which he has paid his fare bears to the whole distance for which he has paid his fare.Formerly: Acts 1875, c.84, s.2.
IN Code § 8-3-18-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 18. Conductor's Police Power|8-3-18-3. Arrest of Passenger; Delivery Before Court; Affidavit

Sec. 3. When any passenger commits a crime upon any passenger train, the conductor of the train may arrest the passenger and take him before a court in the county in which the crime is committed, and file an affidavit charging him with the crime.Formerly: Acts 1875, c.84, s.3. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.823.
IN Code § 8-3-19-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 19. Interstate High Speed Rail Compact|8-3-19-2. Disbursements; Appropriations; per Diem; Reimbursement for Expenses

Sec. 2. (a) Should the disbursement of any funds be necessary to enable the Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council to perform its designated functions as described in section 1 of this chapter, said funds shall be appropriated from the high speed rail development fund.(b) Each member of the Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council who is a representative from Indiana is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). Such a member is also entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties, as provided in the state travel policies and procedures established by the department of administration and approved by the budget agency.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.107, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.74-1990, SEC.1; P.L.83-1991, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-3-21-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-1. Ratification

Sec. 1. The interstate rail passenger network compact is ratified, enacted, and entered into by the state of Indiana with all other states joining the compact in the form substantially as this chapter.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-21-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-2. Policy and Purpose

Sec. 2. It is the policy of the states party to this compact to cooperate and share the administrative and financial responsibilities concerning the operation of an interstate rail passenger network system connecting major cities in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. The participating states agree that a rail passenger system would provide a beneficial service and would be enhanced if operated across state lines.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-21-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-3. Rail Passenger Network Financial and Economic Impact Study

Sec. 3. (a) The states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida (referred to in this chapter as "participating states") agree, upon adoption of this compact by the respective states, to jointly conduct and participate in a rail passenger network financial and economic impact study. The study must do the following:(1) Carry forward research previously performed by the national railroad passenger corporation (Amtrak) (report issued December 1990) and the Evansville Amtrak task force (report issued November 1990) that evaluated the "western route" (Chicago-Evansville-Nashville-Chattanooga-Macon-Waycross-Jacksonville) for purposes of evaluating a representative service schedule, train running times, and associated costs.(2) Include consideration of the following:(A) The purchase of railroad equipment by a participating state and the lease of the railroad equipment to Amtrak.(B) The recommendation that a member of the council serve on the Amtrak board of directors.(C) The periodic review of projected passenger traffic estimates on the western route.(D) Any other matter related to the financial and economic impact of a rail passenger network along the western route.(b) Information and data collected during the study under subsection (a) that is requested by a participating state or a consulting firm representing a participating state or the compact may be made available to the state or firm. However, the information may not include matters not of public record or of a nature considered to be privileged and confidential unless the state providing the information agrees to waive the confidentiality.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-21-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-4. Mutual Assistance

Sec. 4. The participating states agree to do the following:(1) Make available to each other and to a consulting firm representing a participating state or the compact assistance that is available, including personnel, equipment, office space, machinery, computers, engineering, and technical advice and services.(2) Provide financial assistance for the implementation of the feasibility study that is available.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-21-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-5. Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council

Sec. 5. The interstate rail passenger advisory council (referred to in this compact as the "council") is created. The membership of the council consists of three (3) individuals from each participating state. The governor, president pro tempore of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint one (1) member of the council.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-21-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-6. Duties of Council

Sec. 6. The council shall do the following:(1) Meet within thirty (30) days after ratification of this agreement by at least two (2) participating states.(2) Establish rules for the conduct of the council's business, including the payment of the reasonable and necessary travel expenses of council members.(3) Coordinate all aspects of the rail passenger financial and economic impact study under section 3 of this chapter.(4) Contract with persons, including postsecondary educational institutions, for performance of any part of the study under section 3 of this chapter.(5) Upon approval of the study, determine the proportionate share that each state will contribute toward the implementation and management of the proposed restoration of the interstate rail passenger system along the western route.(6) Make recommendations to each participating state legislature concerning the results of the study required by this chapter.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.134.
IN Code § 8-3-21-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-7. Effective Date

Sec. 7. This compact becomes effective upon the adoption of the compact into law by at least two (2) of the participating states. Thereafter, the compact becomes effective for another participating state upon the enactment of the compact by the state.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-21-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-8. Withdrawal From Compact

Sec. 8. This compact continues in force with respect to a participating state and remains binding upon the state until six (6) months after the state has given notice to each other participating state of the repeal of this chapter. The withdrawal may not be construed to relieve a participating state from an obligation incurred before the end of the state's participation in the compact.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-21-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact|8-3-21-9. Construction and Severability

Sec. 9. (a) This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the compact's purposes.(b) The provisions of this compact are severable. If:(1) a phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of a participating state or of the United States; or(2) the applicability of this compact to a government, an agency, a person, or a circumstance is held invalid;the validity of the remainder of this compact and the compact's applicability to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is not affected.(c) If this compact is held contrary to the constitution of a participating state, the compact remains in effect for the remaining participating states and in effect for the state affected for all severable matters.As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.