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IN Code § 36-9-3-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-18. Acquisition of Facilities Within 100 Yards of Terminals

Sec. 18. The authority may acquire, improve, maintain, lease, and rent facilities, including air rights, that are within one hundred (100) yards of a terminal, station, or other facility of the authority. If these facilities generate revenues in excess of their cost to the authority, the authority must use the excess revenues to improve transportation services or reduce fares for the public.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-29 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76.
IN Code § 36-9-3-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-19. Limitations and Obligations of Authority

Sec. 19. (a) In connection with any construction or acquisition, the authority shall make relocation payments in the manner prescribed by IC 8-23-17.(b) A private company lawfully providing public transportation service within the territory of the authority when the authority is established may continue to operate the same route or routes and levels of service as approved by the department of state revenue.(c) Only the proceedings prescribed by this chapter are required in connection with the granting of franchise contracts provided for in this chapter.(d) Notwithstanding section 13 of this chapter, the board may not act in a manner that would adversely affect a common carrier's freight operations.(e) The board may not exercise the power of eminent domain.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2.5-15; 19-5-2.5-23.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.119; P.L.18-1990, SEC.296; P.L.235-1997, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-9-3-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-21. Collective Bargaining Agreements; Authorization

Sec. 21. The authority shall deal with and enter into written contracts with its employees through accredited representatives of those employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for those employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and pension or retirement provisions.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-18 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76.
IN Code § 36-9-3-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-22. Application of Federal Statutes to Employees Affected by Actions of Authority

Sec. 22. (a) The rights, benefits, and other employee protective conditions and remedies that:(1) are set forth in Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. section 1609(c)) and Section 405(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, as amended (45 U.S.C. section 565(b)); and(2) are prescribed by the United States secretary of labor under those statutes;apply to employees of the authority and employees of any public transportation agency affected by actions of the authority, including the acquisition and operation of public transportation facilities, the execution of purchase of service agreements with a public transportation agency, the coordination, reorganization, combining, leasing, or merging of operations or the expansion or curtailment of public transportation service or facilities under this chapter.(b) The authority may take any of the actions specified in subsection (a) only after meeting the requirements of this chapter. In addition, whenever the authority operates the public transportation facilities of a public transportation agency engaged as of April 25, 1975, in the transportation of persons by railroad, it may do so only in a manner that insures the continued applicability to the affected railroad employees of the federal statutes applicable on that date to them and the continuation of their collective bargaining agreements until those agreements can be renegotiated by representatives of the authority and the representatives of those employees designated under the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. sections 151-188).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2.5-18 part; 19-5-2.5-22.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.235-1997, SEC.13.
IN Code § 36-9-3-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-23. Employees; Retention of Benefits After Action of Authority

Sec. 23. An employee of the authority is entitled to at least the same worker's compensation, pension, seniority, salary, wages, sick leave, vacation, health and welfare insurance, and other benefits that the employee enjoyed as an employee of the authority or of the public transportation agency before an action of the authority.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-18 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.117; P.L.235-1997, SEC.14.
IN Code § 36-9-3-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-24. Displacement of Employees as a Result of New Facilities; Selection of Employees to Perform Work

Sec. 24. (a) Whenever the authority proposes to operate or to enter into a contract to operate a new public transportation facility that may result in the displacement of employees or the rearrangement of the working forces of the authority or of a public transportation agency, the authority must give at least ninety (90) days' written notice of the proposed operations to the representatives of the employees affected.(b) The authority must provide for the selection of forces to perform the work of the new facility on the basis of agreement between the authority and the representatives of the employees affected.(c) Immediately after receipt of the notice, the representatives of all parties interested in the intended changes shall agree on the date and place of a conference for the purpose of reaching agreements under this section. The conference must begin within ten (10) days after receipt of the notice.(d) If the parties fail to agree, the matter may be submitted by the authority or by any representative of the employees affected to final and binding arbitration by an impartial arbitrator to be selected by the American Arbitration Association from a current listing of arbitrators of the National Academy of Arbitrators.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-18 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.235-1997, SEC.15.
IN Code § 36-9-3-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-25. Labor Disputes; Arbitration Procedure

Sec. 25. (a) If a labor dispute involving the authority and its employees is not governed by the Federal Labor Management Relations Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. sections 141-197 and 557), or by the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. sections 151-188), the authority shall offer to submit the dispute to an arbitration team composed of one (1) member appointed by the authority, one (1) member appointed by the labor organization representing the employees, and one (1) member agreed upon by the labor organization and the authority. The member agreed upon by the labor organization and the authority shall serve as chair of the team. The determination of the majority of the arbitration team is final and binding on all matters in dispute.(b) If within the first ten (10) days after the date of the appointment of the arbitrators representing the authority and the labor organization, the third arbitrator has not been selected, then either arbitrator may request the American Arbitration Association to furnish from a current listing of the membership of the National Academy of Arbitrators the names of seven (7) members of the National Academy from which the third arbitrator shall be selected. After receipt of the list, the arbitrators appointed by the authority and the labor organization shall promptly determine by lot the order of elimination and then alternately eliminate one (1) name from the list at a time until only one (1) name remains. The remaining person on the list is the third arbitrator.(c) For purposes of this section, the term "labor dispute" shall be broadly construed and includes any controversy regarding the collective bargaining agreements and any grievance that may arise.(d) Each party shall pay one-half (1/2) of the expenses of arbitration under this section.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-19.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.276.
IN Code § 36-9-3-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-26. Pension Systems and Retirement Benefits

Sec. 26. (a) The authority may:(1) establish and maintain systems of pensions and retirement benefits for the officers and employees of the authority designated or described by resolution of the authority;(2) fix the classifications in those systems;(3) take the steps necessary to provide that persons eligible for admission to the pension systems as officers and employees of any other public transportation employer whose operations are financed in whole or in part by the authority retain eligibility for admission to or continued coverage and participation under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. sections 401-422), and the related provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, as amended (26 U.S.C. sections 3101-3125), or the federal Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. sections 231-231t), as amended, and the related provisions of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, as amended (26 U.S.C. sections 3201-3233), whichever is applicable; and(4) provide in connection with the pension systems a system of benefits payable to the beneficiaries and dependents of any participant in the pension systems after that participant's death, whether or not the death is accidental or occurs in the performance of duty, and subject to the exceptions, conditions, restrictions, and classifications provided by resolution of the authority.(b) Pension systems established by the authority may be financed or funded in a manner that the authority finds to be economically feasible.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-20.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76.
IN Code § 36-9-3-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-27. Acquisition of Facilities From Public Transportation Agency; Obligations to Employees

Sec. 27. (a) Whenever the authority acquires the public transportation facilities of a public transportation agency and operates those facilities, all employees engaged in the operation of the facilities shall be transferred to and appointed as employees of the authority, subject to all the rights and benefits of this chapter, and the authority shall assume and observe all current labor contracts and pension obligations.(b) The authority must give the employees of any public transportation agency it acquires seniority credit, sick leave, vacation, insurance, and pension credits in accordance with the records or labor agreements from the acquired transportation agency. Members and beneficiaries of any pension or retirement system or other system of benefits established by the acquired transportation agency continue to have rights, privileges, benefits, obligations, and status under that system. The authority must assume the obligations of the acquired public transportation agency regarding wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, sick leave, health and welfare, and pension or retirement provisions for employees.(c) The authority must assume the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement between a public transportation agency acquired by the authority and the representative of the employees of the acquired agency. The authority and the employees, through their representatives for collective bargaining purposes, may take whatever action is necessary to preserve the pension rights of the employees, including the transfer of pension trust funds under the joint control of the transportation agency and the participating employees through their representatives to the trust fund to be established, maintained, and administered jointly by the authority and the participating employees through their representatives.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-21.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.235-1997, SEC.16.
IN Code § 36-9-3-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-28. Audits; Accounting Forms and Records

Sec. 28. The state board of accounts shall:(1) audit the records of the authority; and(2) prescribe or approve all accounting forms and records used by the authority.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-24.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76.
IN Code § 36-9-3-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-29. Annual Budget

Sec. 29. The board shall prepare an annual budget for the authority's operating and maintenance expenditures and necessary capital expenditures. Each annual budget is subject to review and modification by the:(1) fiscal body of the county or municipality that establishes the authority; and(2) department of local government finance under IC 6-1.1-17.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-25.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.233-2001, SEC.2; P.L.90-2002, SEC.503; P.L.224-2007, SEC.132; P.L.146-2008, SEC.785; P.L.257-2019, SEC.157.
IN Code § 36-9-3-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-30. Payment of Organizational Expenses

Sec. 30. (a) The county or municipality that establishes the authority shall pay the expenses incurred in the organization of the authority; however, the amount of expenses paid may not exceed the amount for authority expenses set by the fiscal body of the establishing county or municipality.(b) If two (2) or more counties or municipalities cooperate to establish the authority, the division of the costs incurred in the organization must be included in the agreement entered into by the counties or municipalities.(c) The board shall, from time to time, certify the items of expense to the county auditor, according to the terms of the agreement.(d) The authority shall fully reimburse each county or municipality out of the first proceeds of any special taxes levied for the purpose of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-27.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.235-1997, SEC.17; P.L.233-2001, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-9-3-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-32. Acceptance of Federal or Other Funds

Sec. 32. (a) The board may, on behalf of the authority, accept, receive, and receipt for federal monies and other public or private monies for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, or operation of public transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the authority. The board may also comply with federal statutes and rules concerning the expenditure of federal monies for public transportation systems.(b) The board may apply to state and federal agencies for grants for public transportation development, make or execute representations, assurances, and contracts, enter into covenants and agreements with any state or federal agency relative to public transportation systems, and comply with federal and state statutes and rules concerning the acquisition, development, operation, and administration of public transportation systems.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-29 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76.
IN Code § 36-9-3-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Authorities|36-9-3-33. Regulation by Department of State Revenue; Administrative Appeals and Judicial Review

Sec. 33. (a) This section does not apply to interurban or interstate public transportation service.(b) Service provided by the authority within the territory of the authority is exempt from regulation by the department of state revenue under IC 8-2.1. This exemption applies to transportation services provided by the authority directly or by grants or purchase of service agreements.(c) Service provided by the authority by contract or service agreements outside the territory of the authority is subject to regulation by the department of state revenue under IC 8-2.1.(d) The department of state revenue shall hear appeals concerning any regulatory action of the authority concerning service and rates, and, after making a finding based on the requirements of IC 8-2.1, issue an appropriate order. Judicial review of the commission decision may be obtained in the manner prescribed by IC 4-21.5-5.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.34.
IN Code § 36-9-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all municipalities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-3 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.451; P.L.119-2012, SEC.227; P.L.121-2016, SEC.40.
IN Code § 36-9-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-2. "Management" Defined

Sec. 2. For purposes of this chapter, the "management" of an urban mass transportation system is:(1) the board of directors, for a corporation;(2) the majority of the partners, for a partnership in which the partners have equal rights in the management and control of the partnership business;(3) the partners having a controlling interest, for other partnerships;(4) the proprietor, for an individual proprietorship; or(5) the managers, if any, or members of a limited liability company.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-3 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.518.
IN Code § 36-9-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-3. Declaration of Public Purpose

Sec. 3. The establishment of an urban mass transportation system under this chapter is a public use and purpose for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-2(i).]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-9-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-4. Existing Systems; Application for Assistance From Municipalities

Sec. 4. (a) If the management of an urban mass transportation system in any municipality finds that the system is unable to render adequate service within the municipality or that there is imminent danger that the system will be unable to render that service, the management of the system may apply to the municipal legislative body for assistance under this chapter.(b) On receipt of an application under subsection (a) the municipal legislative body may study whether the financial position of the transportation system is such that the system is unable to render adequate service within the municipality or that there is imminent danger that the system will be unable to render that service. The legislative body shall pay for these studies by appropriation from the general fund of the municipality, and the money need not be restored to the general fund.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-4.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-9-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-5. Financial Assistance From Municipality; Necessary Findings; Types of Assistance

Sec. 5. (a) The municipal legislative body may furnish the urban mass transportation system with the financial assistance necessary to enable the system to provide adequate service within the municipality, if the legislative body finds:(1) that the system is unable to render that service or that there is imminent danger that the system will be unable to render that service; and(2) that the system is:(A) necessary to relieve traffic congestion in the municipality;(B) necessary for the proper use of the factories, stores, warehouses, offices, schools, recreational facilities, and other places where members of the general public congregate;(C) necessary to expand the economic and social opportunities available to residents of the municipality, especially those who cannot freely move about without the services of the system;(D) a substantial factor in maintaining real property values in the municipality; or(E) a substantial factor in providing public housing, redevelopment of blighted areas, and publicly owned offstreet parking facilities.(b) The municipal legislative body may furnish assistance under this section by:(1) making grants to the system;(2) purchasing buses or real property from the system or from any other source for lease to the system; or(3) making both grants and purchases.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2-2 part; 19-5-2-5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-9-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-6. Grants to Systems by Municipalities; Contracts

Sec. 6. (a) If the municipal legislative body decides to make grants under section 5 of this chapter, it must enter into and confirm by ordinance a contract with the urban mass transportation system. The contract must provide for the payment of money by the municipality to the system in the amounts and at the times determined by the parties, and may include other terms and conditions determined by the parties. However, the contract may not:(1) require the system to repay the grants to the municipality;(2) exceed ten (10) years in duration; or(3) require the municipality to make grants to a system that has ceased operations within the municipality.(b) The municipal legislative body may pay the grants by appropriation from the general fund of the municipality or from a special fund established for that purpose.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-6.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.