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IN Code § 8-16-2-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges|8-16-2-23. Appropriations and Authorizations

Sec. 23. No appropriation of money or authorization of any bonds contemplated in this chapter by the county council shall be required.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.23. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.63.
IN Code § 8-16-2-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges|8-16-2-24. Compliance With Other Laws

Sec. 24. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, any county shall have the right to proceed under this chapter without complying with any other existing statute in effect on May 16, 1927.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.24. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.64.
IN Code § 8-16-2-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges|8-16-2-25. Assumption of Debts

Sec. 25. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to authorize the state or the department to assume any debt or obligation of any county which may aid or assist in the construction of any bridge contemplated under this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.25. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.293.
IN Code § 8-16-2-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges|8-16-2-26. Amendment of Chapter

Sec. 26. The general assembly hereby reserves the right to amend or modify this chapter at any time that such amendment or modification may be deemed just and proper.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.26. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.65.
IN Code § 8-16-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund|8-16-3-1. Authorization to Provide Fund

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding IC 8-18-8-5, all municipal corporations and county executives may provide a cumulative bridge fund to provide funds for the cost of construction, maintenance, and repair of bridges, approaches, and grade separations. However, in those counties in which a cumulative bridge fund has been established, the county executive is responsible for providing funds for all bridges, including those in municipalities, within the counties except those bridges on the state highway system. The county executive may use this fund for making county wide bridge inspection and safety ratings of all bridges in a county not on the state highway system. The inspection and safety ratings shall meet all the criteria of the National Bridge Inspection Standards promulgated by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation and shall be supervised and approved by a competent, qualified engineer, registered in the state.Formerly: Acts 1951, c.299, s.1; Acts 1957, c.76, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.101, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.72, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.113, SEC.1; P.L.86-1988, SEC.18; P.L.17-1995, SEC.8.
IN Code § 8-16-3-1.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund|8-16-3-1.5. Definitions

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter:(1) "Bridge" means any structure designed to carry vehicular traffic over or under an obstacle to the normal flow of traffic and including any grade separation, culvert, or approach to a bridge.(2) "Approach" means any part of a road or street which is required to make a bridge a viable part of a county road or city street system but which does not extend more than five hundred (500) feet from the bridge.(3) "Construction" means both construction and reconstruction to a degree that new, supplementary, or substantially improved traffic service is provided and significant geometric or structural improvements are affected.(4) "Cost" means all expenditures required to construct, maintain, or repair a bridge, including engineering, equipment, land acquisition, materials, contracts, and bond interest.(5) "Municipal corporation" means a city or town.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.113, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.8-1989, SEC.54; P.L.104-1993, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-16-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund|8-16-3-3. Tax Levy

Sec. 3. (a) To provide for the cumulative bridge fund, county executives and municipal legislative bodies may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation of all taxable personal and real property within the county or municipality.(b) The tax, when collected, shall be held in a special fund to be known as the bridge fund.(c) An appropriation from the bridge fund may be made without the approval of the department of local government finance if:(1) the county executive requests the appropriation; and(2) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or grade separations.Formerly: Acts 1951, c.299, s.3; Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.24-1986, SEC.33; P.L.86-1988, SEC.20; P.L.118-1989, SEC.1; P.L.17-1995, SEC.9; P.L.6-1997, SEC.136; P.L.90-2002, SEC.322.
IN Code § 8-16-3.1-0.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund|8-16-3.1-0.5. Definitions

Sec. 0.5. The definitions set forth in IC 8-16-3-1.5 apply throughout this chapter.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.264.
IN Code § 8-16-3.1-0.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund|8-16-3.1-0.7. "Double Tracking"

Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "double tracking" means a railway running two (2) bidirectional tracks. The term includes a railway:(1) with a double track that can be signaled to run in a single direction; and(2) with a double track that can be signaled into one (1) track to provide clearance as needed.As added by P.L.229-2017, SEC.32; P.L.248-2017, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-16-3.1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund|8-16-3.1-1. "Eligible County"

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "eligible county" means a county that has:(1) a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); and(2) a major obstruction between commercial or population centers which is capable of causing an economic hardship because of excess travel required to conduct a normal level of commerce between the two (2) centers.A major obstruction which is a part of a county boundary or a state boundary does not qualify for the purpose of this chapter.(b) As used in this chapter, "major bridge" means the following:(1) A structure that is two hundred (200) or more feet in length and that is erected over a depression or an obstruction for the purpose of carrying motor vehicular traffic or other moving loads. However, the structure shall be one hundred (100) or more feet in length in a city having any of the following populations:(A) More than sixty-five thousand (65,000) but less than seventy thousand (70,000).(B) More than sixty thousand (60,000) but less than sixty-five thousand (65,000).(C) More than thirty-one thousand (31,000) but less than thirty-one thousand five hundred (31,500).(2) An underpass of any length that is designed to carry motor vehicle traffic or other moving loads.(c) As used in this chapter, "major obstruction" means a physical barrier to the passage of motor vehicle traffic that inhibits the use of the customary highway construction techniques to bridge the barrier without use of a grade separation structure.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.96, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.28; P.L.86-1988, SEC.21; P.L.12-1992, SEC.65; P.L.61-1992, SEC.1; P.L.1-1993, SEC.50; P.L.170-2002, SEC.67; P.L.119-2012, SEC.96.
IN Code § 8-16-3.1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund|8-16-3.1-5. Appropriations From the Allen County Major Bridge Fund

Sec. 5. An appropriation from the major bridge fund in Allen County may be made without the approval of the department of local government finance if:(1) the county executive adopts a resolution finding that the county does not need to continue accumulating money in the fund for the construction of a major bridge;(2) the county executive requests the appropriation; and(3) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or grade separations with respect to structures other than major bridges.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.266.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-1. Contracts of Lease; Taxpayers' Petitions

Sec. 1. (a) A county may lease a bridge and pay the lease rental from the cumulative bridge fund and levy under IC 8-16-3.(b) A contract of lease may not be entered into unless there is first filed with the county executive a petition for a longer lease, signed by fifty (50) or more taxpaying citizens of the county, and the county executive has, after investigation, determined that a need exists for the bridge. The total annual dollar obligation under all contracts of lease for bridges made by a county may not exceed the county's estimated annual revenue from a cumulative bridge fund levy of twenty cents ($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) on all taxable personal and real property within the county.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.23.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-2. Joint Leases

Sec. 2. If two (2) or more counties propose to enter into a lease contract jointly, then separate meetings of the county executives may be held, but no action taken shall be binding on any county unless approved by a majority of the county executives. Any lease contract executed by two (2) or more counties as joint lessees shall set out the amount of the aggregate lease rental to be paid by each county.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.24.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-3. Corporate Leases

Sec. 3. Any county may enter into a contract of lease under the provisions of this chapter with any (profit or not-for-profit) corporation organized under the laws of the state or duly admitted to do business in the state.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.25.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-4. Option to Purchase Bridge

Sec. 4. All contracts of lease may provide that a county has the option to purchase the bridge before the expiration of the lease contract, the terms and conditions of the purchase to be specified in the lease, subject to the approval of the department of local government finance. If the county has not exercised an option to purchase the property covered by the lease contract at the expiration of the lease contract, and upon the full discharge and performance by the county of its obligations under the lease contract, the bridge covered by the lease contract shall become the absolute property of the county and the lessor corporation shall execute proper instruments conveying to the county title to the property.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.26; P.L.90-2002, SEC.323.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-5. Not-for-Profit Corporations Proposing to Build Bridges; Plans and Specifications

Sec. 5. Not-for-profit corporations proposing to build a bridge may assist the lessee, before the execution of a contract of lease, in the preparation and acquisition of plans, specifications, and estimates for the bridge, or the lessee may prepare or otherwise acquire plans and specifications for the bridge. All plans and specifications shall be submitted to agencies as designated by law to pass on plans and specifications for bridges, and the plans and specifications shall be approved by those agencies and the lessee in writing prior to the execution of the contract of lease.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.27.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-5.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-5.5. Contracts With Profit Corporations; Competitive Bidding Procedure

Sec. 5.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a contract of lease with any profit corporation is subject to competitive bid and may only be entered into after compliance with the following:(1) The lessee shall prepare and place on file in the lessee's offices a proposed lease and complete drawings and specifications for the bridge described in section 1 of this chapter to include necessary equipment and appurtenances to the equipment. The lease must be complete in its terms except for total rental or other consideration which is subject to bid provided for in this section.(2) After that, the lessee shall publish a notice in accordance with IC 5-3-1 informing the public and potential lessors of the general nature of the lease and of the fact that the proposed lease, drawings, and specifications are on file in the office, and calling for sealed proposals for the contract of lease on a specific date not earlier than ten (10) days after the first day of publication.(3) The lessee shall require each bidder to file with the lessee an affidavit that the bidder has not, directly or indirectly, entered into any combination, collusion, undertaking, or agreement with any other bidder to maintain the price of the bid, or to prevent any other bidder from bidding, or to induce any bidder to refrain from bidding, and that the bid is made without regard or reference to any other bid, and without any agreement, understanding, or combination, either directly or indirectly, with any other person with reference to the bidding. If, after any contract of lease has been let by the lessee, it shall appear that the successful bidder has been guilty of any collusion, combination, undertaking, or agreement, as defined in the affidavit, the bidder shall forfeit the contract of lease, and the contract of lease shall be relet by the lessee.(4) The lessee may, in the lessee's discretion, fix a later day for receiving the bids, provided that the date shall be mentioned in each of the notices.(5) The lessee shall, if a satisfactory bid is received, let control of the lease to the lowest and best bidder.(6) The lessee may, by order, impose further conditions upon bidders with regard to bond and surety, guaranteeing the good faith and responsibility of the word provided for in the proposed contract of lease, or insuring the faithful completion of the terms of the proposed contract of lease, or for any other purpose.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.28.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-6. Contract Provisions Relating to Taxes, Assessments, and Insurance; County Inspection of Bridge

Sec. 6. A contract of lease may provide that as a part of the lease rental for a bridge the lessee shall agree to pay all taxes and assessments levied against or on account of the leased bridge and to maintain insurance for the benefit of the lessor corporation. The county may inspect the bridge whenever the county considers it necessary.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.29.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-7. Contracts of Lease Before Completion of Bridge; Bond

Sec. 7. (a) A county may, in anticipation of the construction of a bridge, make and enter into a contract of lease with the lessor corporation subject to the approval of the department of local government finance prior to the actual acquisition of a site and the construction of the bridge, but the contract of lease shall not provide for the payment of any lease rental by the lessee until the bridge is completed and ready for use, at which time the stipulated lease rental may begin.(b) As a condition of entering into a lease, a county may require a lessor corporation to furnish a bond in a specified amount conditioned upon the completion of the bridge within a specified period of time.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.30; P.L.90-2002, SEC.324.
IN Code § 8-16-3.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties|8-16-3.5-9. Tax Exemption

Sec. 9. All bridges leased by a lessor corporation contracting with a county under this chapter are exempt from all state, county, and other taxes.Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.32.
IN Code § 8-16-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 5. Interstate Bridges Constructed by Local Units|8-16-5-1. Joint Maintenance or Construction With Adjoining State

Sec. 1. Any county or municipality bordering on a stream which forms the boundary line between Indiana and any adjoining state, through its county executive may build and maintain a bridge across the river or stream, in cooperation with any contiguous governmental unit of the adjoining state. The contiguous unit must join in building and maintaining the bridge, and pay one-half (1/2) of the expense.Formerly: Acts 1920(2ss), c.25, s.1. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.34.
IN Code § 8-16-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 5. Interstate Bridges Constructed by Local Units|8-16-5-3. Appropriation of Funds

Sec. 3. After action by the county executive certified to the county fiscal body, the county fiscal body shall appropriate, out of the money raised by taxation or realized from the sale of bonds under IC 8-18-22 or obligations, one-half (1/2) of the necessary money to build and maintain the bridge.Formerly: Acts 1920(2ss), c.25, s.3. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.36; P.L.113-1989, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-16-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 5. Interstate Bridges Constructed by Local Units|8-16-5-4. Construction and Maintenance; County Executive's Power

Sec. 4. The county executive of the county may plan all details, do all things necessary to carry out the work of constructing and maintaining the bridge, and cooperate with the contiguous governmental unit of the adjoining state in building and maintaining the bridge.Formerly: Acts 1920(2ss), c.25, s.4. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.37.
IN Code § 8-16-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 8. Repair or Replacement of Bridges Through Public Subscription in Cities of Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago; Supplemental Procedure for Repair of Certain Bridges in Lake County|8-16-8-2. Counties With Established Multiple County Infrastructure Authorities; Bridge Repair, Reconstruction, or Replacement in Second Class Cities

Sec. 2. A county having an authority established under IC 36-7-23 may pay for the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of a damaged bridge in a second class city.As added by P.L.346-1989(ss), SEC.6.
IN Code § 8-16-11-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 11. County Tunnels|8-16-11-1. Authority to Construct Tunnels

Sec. 1. Whenever, in the judgment of the county executive, it is necessary to bridge any highway or public street across any navigable water, the county executive may construct a tunnel underneath the navigable water, on the public street or public highway instead of a bridge.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.256, s.1. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.63.
IN Code § 8-16-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 11. County Tunnels|8-16-11-2. Applicable Laws

Sec. 2. If the county executive determines it is necessary to construct a tunnel instead of a bridge, then the construction of the tunnel shall be completed under the laws for the construction of bridges on public highways and public streets by county executives.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.256, s.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.64.
IN Code § 8-16-15-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 15. Bistate Purchase of Wabash River Bridge|8-16-15-1. Authority

Sec. 1. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the department is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into negotiations with the proper authority having control of the state highways of the state of Illinois, and with the owners of the bridge which spans the Wabash River and over which State Highway No. 66 passes from this state into the state of Illinois, for the purpose of acquiring the ownership of and title to such bridge, jointly, by the state of Illinois and the state of Indiana.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.160, s.1. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.294.
IN Code § 8-16-15-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 15. Bistate Purchase of Wabash River Bridge|8-16-15-2. Purchase Price

Sec. 2. If the proper authorities of the state of Illinois are empowered by the laws of the state of Illinois to enter into such negotiations, and if the department and the authority having charge of the state highways of the state of Illinois can agree with the owners of such bridge on the purchase-price of such bridge, then and in that event the department is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire the ownership of and the title to such bridge, jointly, with the state of Illinois, to pay not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the purchase-price agreed upon, out of any funds appropriated to the department which might otherwise be used for the construction of bridges, and to enter into such agreements with the proper authorities of the state of Illinois as may be fair and equitable for the repair, maintenance and upkeep of such bridge, and to expend such amounts of money as may be necessary to maintain such bridge.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.160, s.2. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.295.
IN Code § 8-16-15.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels|Chapter 15.5. New Harmony and Wabash River Bridge Authority|8-16-15.5-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:(1) "Bridge" means the White County bridge over the Wabash River that connects White County, Illinois, and Posey County, Indiana. The term includes all approaches and rights of way necessary or desirable for the operation and maintenance of the bridge.(2) "Bridge authority" means the New Harmony and Wabash River bridge authority created by section 2 of this chapter.(3) "Commission" refers to the White County bridge commission created by Congressional Act of April 12, 1941, Public Law 77-37, 55 Stat. 140.As added by P.L.185-2018, SEC.27.