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IN Code § 36-9-4-45 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-45. Bonds; Terms; Tax Exemption; Procedure

Sec. 45. (a) Bonds issued under this chapter:(1) shall be issued in the denomination;(2) are payable over a period not to exceed thirty (30) years from the date of the bonds; and(3) mature;as determined by the ordinance authorizing the bond issue.(b) All bonds issued under this chapter, the interest on them, and the income from them are exempt from taxation to the extent provided by IC 6-8-5-1.(c) The provisions of IC 6-1.1-20 relating to:(1) filing petitions requesting the issuance of bonds and giving notice of those petitions;(2) giving notice of a hearing on the appropriation of the proceeds of the bonds;(3) the right of taxpayers to appear and be heard on the proposed appropriation;(4) the approval of the appropriation by the department of local government finance; and(5) the right of:(A) taxpayers and voters to remonstrate against the issuance of bonds in the case of a proposed bond issue described by IC 6-1.1-20-3.1(a); or(B) voters to vote on the issuance of bonds in the case of a proposed bond issue described by IC 6-1.1-20-3.5(a);apply to the issuance of bonds under this chapter.(d) A suit to question the validity of bonds issued under this chapter or to prevent their issue and sale may not be instituted after the date set for the sale of the bonds, and the bonds are incontestable after that date.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-27.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.505; P.L.219-2007, SEC.142; P.L.146-2008, SEC.787.
IN Code § 36-9-4-46 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-46. Bonds; Special Tax Levy

Sec. 46. (a) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation that issues bonds under this chapter shall levy a special tax each year upon all the property within the taxing district of the corporation. The tax shall be levied in such a manner as to meet and pay the principal of the bonds as they mature, together with all accruing interest.(b) The county treasurer shall collect the tax in the same manner as other taxes are collected. As the treasurer collects the tax, the treasurer shall remit it to the controller of the public transportation corporation.(c) In determining the amount of the levy, the board of directors shall consider any surplus of accumulated revenue derived from the operation of the urban mass transportation system, above the sum considered necessary to be applied upon or reserved for the payment of the operating and capital expenditures of the system, including expenditures for the replacement of and additions to the property of the system and reserves established for the depreciation of the property of the system. If the board finds that this surplus is sufficient, it may apply all or part of the surplus to the payment of the principal of the bonds, together with the interest on them.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-28.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.284.
IN Code § 36-9-4-48 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-48. Cumulative Transportation Fund; Establishment; Notice; Tax Levy

Sec. 48. (a) A cumulative transportation fund to provide money for the acquisition of buses and for the planning, establishment, and maintenance of routes and schedules to assist in implementing this chapter may be established under IC 6-1.1-41 by:(1) the legislative body of a municipality that:(A) is making grants to an urban mass transportation system; or(B) has purchased buses for operation under lease by an urban mass transportation system; or(2) the board of directors of a public transportation corporation.(b) In addition to other notices required under IC 6-1.1-41, notices of hearings under IC 6-1.1-41 must be given to the following:(1) the municipal executive, for a tax levy by a municipality; and(2) the chair of the board of directors, for a tax levy by a public transportation corporation.(c) A tax levy to finance the cumulative transportation fund may be levied in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41. The tax levied under this section may not exceed six and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0667) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property within the corporate boundaries of the municipality or the taxing district of the public transportation corporation, as the case may be.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2-30.4; 19-5-2-30.5; 19-5-2-30.6.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.40; P.L.17-1995, SEC.24; P.L.6-1997, SEC.216; P.L.127-2017, SEC.285.
IN Code § 36-9-4-49 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-49. Insufficient Funds; Special Tax Levy

Sec. 49. (a) For each year in which it is anticipated that the total amount available to a public transportation corporation will be insufficient to defray the expenses incurred by the corporation, the board of directors of the corporation shall levy a special tax upon all the property within the taxing district of the corporation at the rate required to defray such expenses. The tax must be based upon the budget formulated and filed by the board under this chapter.(b) The county treasurer shall collect the tax levied under this section in the same manner as other taxes are collected. As the treasurer collects the tax, the county treasurer shall remit it to the controller of the public transportation corporation.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-29.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.286.
IN Code § 36-9-4-50 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-50. Federal or State Aid

Sec. 50. A municipality that establishes or acquires an urban mass transportation system under this chapter, or a municipality that has a privately owned urban mass transportation system and has received a request from the management of the system, may apply for aid from any federal or state government agency. A municipality acting under this section may:(1) perform any act or acts lawfully required; or(2) execute and perform agreements necessary or convenient;to obtain the aid without limitation by the provisions of this chapter, except that a municipality may not interfere with any right, interest, or part of any other public transportation system without the consent of the other system.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-37.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-9-4-51 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-51. Review of Annual Budget and Tax Levies

Sec. 51. (a) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation shall prepare an annual budget for the expenditures of the corporation.(b) This subsection applies only when a municipality, having operated an urban mass transportation system under a department of municipal government, establishes a public transportation corporation under section 10 of this chapter to maintain that system. The annual operating and maintenance budget for the corporation shall be subject to review and modification by the legislative body of the municipality.(c) A public transportation corporation may not impose a property tax levy on property that it has not taxed before January 1, 1982, and that lies outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality without the approval of the fiscal body or county council of the county in which the municipality is located.(d) The budget and any tax levies prepared by the board shall be prepared and submitted at the same time, in the same manner, and with the same notice as is prescribed by IC 6-1.1-17 for the annual budget of the municipality. The department of local government finance may review the budget and tax levies in the same manner by which the department reviews budgets and tax levies of the municipality.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-30.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.217, SEC.2; P.L.90-2002, SEC.507; P.L.257-2019, SEC.159.
IN Code § 36-9-4-52 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-52. Property Tax Exemption

Sec. 52. Property acquired by a municipality or public transportation corporation under this chapter is exempt from property taxes.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-36.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-9-4-53 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-53. Books, Records, and Accounts

Sec. 53. The books, accounts, records, and transactions of a public transportation corporation are subject to examination, audit, and supervision by the state board of accounts to the same extent as the books, accounts, records, and transactions of other municipal corporations and their officers and departments. However, in lieu of the system of accounts prescribed by the state board of accounts, a public transportation corporation may maintain its books, accounts, records, and transactions according to the financial accounting and reporting elements system, known as "Project Fare", that is established by the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-31.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-9-4-54 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-54. Transportation of School Pupils; Contracts

Sec. 54. An urban mass transportation system operating under this chapter may be used for the transportation of pupils to and from schools under a contract made with any school corporation having jurisdiction within the taxing district of the public transportation corporation. The system is solely responsible for the bus drivers' employment and actions, but the bus drivers must meet the qualifications for drivers of school buses as provided in IC 20-27-8. The buses used for the rendition of service under this section need not meet the requirements of the statutes relating to the construction, equipment, and painting of school buses.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-35.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.1-2005, SEC.239.
IN Code § 36-9-4-55 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-55. Interlocal Cooperation Agreements; Authorization

Sec. 55. Whenever the same urban mass transportation system operates on regularly scheduled routes within two (2) or more municipalities, the legislative bodies of those municipalities may enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement under IC 36-1-7 for the purpose of implementing this chapter upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions. The legislative bodies of the municipalities may adopt a joint ordinance establishing a public transportation corporation encompassing:(1) the municipalities; and(2) their suburban territory, as defined in IC 36-9-1-9.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-33.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-9-4-57 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-57. Improvement Reserve Fund

Sec. 57. (a) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation may, by resolution, establish an improvement reserve fund for the purpose of accumulating money over two (2) or more fiscal years for the following:(1) The purchase of specified real property.(2) The purchase of specified major equipment, including buses.(3) The making of improvements to real property owned by the public transportation corporation.(b) Transfers that are placed in an improvement reserve fund established under this section must be included in the annual budget of the public transportation corporation.(c) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation may make an expenditure of money from an improvement reserve fund only after:(1) holding a public meeting in accordance with section 22 of this chapter;(2) the adoption by the board of a resolution under subsection (d); and(3) approval by the department of local government finance.(d) A resolution for expenditure from an improvement reserve fund established under this section must include the following:(1) The specific amount of the expenditure.(2) The specific use of the expenditure.(3) A finding by the board of directors that the proposed use of funds complies with the restrictions under subsection (a).(e) The money in the improvement reserve fund may not be considered in determining the corporation's property tax levy under this chapter or IC 6-1.1.(f) The money in the improvement reserve fund at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the general fund.As added by P.L.317-1989, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.508.
IN Code § 36-9-4-58 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation|36-9-4-58. Regulation of Department of State Revenue; Fares; Operating Expenses

Sec. 58. (a) An urban mass transportation system operating under this chapter is considered a common carrier not operating under a franchise or contract granted by a municipality and not regulated by ordinance, and is subject to the authority of the department of state revenue under IC 8-2.1 to the same extent as any other common carrier. However, in determining the reasonableness of the fares and charges of such a system, the department of state revenue shall consider, among other factors, the policy of this chapter to foster and assure the development and maintenance of urban mass transportation systems, and it is not necessary that the operating revenues of the system be sufficient to cover the cost to the system of providing adequate service.(b) If a public transportation corporation providing public transportation services in Marion County expands its service through a public transportation project authorized and funded under IC 8-25, the public transportation corporation shall establish fares and charges that cover at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the operating expenses of the urban mass transportation system operated by the public transportation corporation. For purposes of this subsection, operating expenses include only those expenses incurred in the operation of fixed route services that are established or expanded as a result of a public transportation project authorized and funded under IC 8-25. The public transportation corporation annually shall report on the corporation's compliance with this subsection not later than sixty (60) days after the close of the corporation's fiscal year. The report must include information on any fare increases necessary to achieve compliance. The public transportation corporation shall submit the report to the department of local government finance and make the report available electronically through the Indiana transparency Internet web site established under IC 5-14-3.8.(c) If a public transportation corporation fails to prepare and disclose the annual report in the manner required by subsection (b), any person subject to a tax described in IC 8-25 may initiate a cause of action in the circuit court or superior court of the eligible county to compel the appropriate officials of the public transportation corporation to prepare and disclose the annual report not later than thirty (30) days after a court order mandating the public transportation corporation to comply with subsection (b) is issued by the circuit court or superior court.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.36. Amended by P.L.153-2014, SEC.20; P.L.84-2016, SEC.185.
IN Code § 36-9-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 5. Special Fares and Programs for Transportation Systems|36-9-5-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following boards:(1) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation or regional transportation authority.(2) The works board of a municipality that owns, operates, or leases a public transportation system.(3) Any other board with comparable authority for public transportation.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-7.5-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.78.
IN Code § 36-9-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 5. Special Fares and Programs for Transportation Systems|36-9-5-2. Reduced Fares for Persons 65 Years of Age or Older

Sec. 2. (a) A board may establish a special schedule of fares applicable to the transportation of persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older. The schedule may provide for fares that approximate in cost not more than one-half (1/2) of the public transportation system's regular one-way fare for transportation on regular routes within the system's service area. The reduced rate may also apply to transfers and other special services but may not apply to charter service or any transportation provided outside the service area.(b) A board acting under this section may require a method of identification to be presented by a passenger to qualify for a reduced fare.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-7.5-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.78.
IN Code § 36-9-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 5. Special Fares and Programs for Transportation Systems|36-9-5-3. Other Programs Authorized

Sec. 3. A board may also establish programs for classes of persons other than those described in section 2 of this chapter. These programs must be based on the needs of the persons to be served.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-7.5-2 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.78.
IN Code § 36-9-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 5. Special Fares and Programs for Transportation Systems|36-9-5-4. Programs to Increase Use of Public Transportation

Sec. 4. A board may establish programs designed to increase the use of the public transportation system.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-7.5-2 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.78.
IN Code § 36-9-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6. City Works Board|36-9-6-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to second and third class cities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-15 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.59.
IN Code § 36-9-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6. City Works Board|36-9-6-2. Supervision of Streets, Alleys, and City Property

Sec. 2. Unless otherwise provided by statute or ordinance, the works board shall supervise the streets, alleys, sewers, public grounds, and other property of the city, and shall keep them in repair and good condition. The works board shall provide for the cleaning of city streets and alleys.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-16 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.43.
IN Code § 36-9-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6. City Works Board|36-9-6-3. Custody, Maintenance, Improvement, and Construction of City Property

Sec. 3. (a) Unless otherwise provided by statute or ordinance, the works board has custody of and may maintain all real and personal property of the city.(b) A city works board may design, order, contract for, and execute:(1) all work required to improve or repair any real or personal property that belongs to or is used by the city; and(2) the erection of all buildings and other structures needed for any public purpose.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-15 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.44.
IN Code § 36-9-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6. City Works Board|36-9-6-4. Condemnation, Rental, and Purchase of Property

Sec. 4. The works board may condemn, rent, or purchase any real or personal property needed by the city for any public use, unless a different provision for purchase is made by statute or ordinance. However, the city legislative body may by ordinance:(1) require that these condemnations, rentals, or purchases be included in a long-range capital expenditure program to be proposed by the works board and updated as required by the legislative body, but at least annually;(2) require the works board to estimate, at least annually, expenditures needed for condemnations, rentals, and purchases for each successive fiscal year;(3) approve, amend, or reject all or part of the long-range capital expenditure program and the proposed annual expenditures, before or during the adoption of the city budget; and(4) specify the manner in which the works board must itemize the estimates of capital program expenditures for each fiscal year.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-15 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.45.
IN Code § 36-9-6-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6. City Works Board|36-9-6-5. Approval of Plats

Sec. 5. The works board may approve plats under IC 36-7-3-3(d).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-15 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79.
IN Code § 36-9-6-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6. City Works Board|36-9-6-6. Public Ways and Sidewalks; Laying Out, Opening, and Changing; Grades

Sec. 6. (a) The works board may lay out, open, change, and fix or change the grade of any public way, sidewalk, or public place in the city.(b) The works board may keep a record of the grades of all public ways and sidewalks in the city.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-15 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.46, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-6-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6. City Works Board|36-9-6-7. Streets, Alleys, Wharves, and Public Places; Improvements and Repairs

Sec. 7. The works board may design, order, contract for, and execute all work required to improve or repair any street, alley, wharf, or public place within the city.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-15 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79.