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IN Code § 8-10-1-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 1. Ports of Indiana─organization|8-10-1-29. Contracts for Construction or Purchase Over $150,000; Bidding Required; Emergency Exception; Violations a Level 6 Felony

Sec. 29. (a) The ports of Indiana may declare an emergency:(1) in the case of fire, flood, windstorm, casualty, or other extraordinary emergency, including mechanical failure of any part of a building or structure; and(2) if the health, safety, or welfare of the public or necessary governmental operations are endangered by loss or damage.The ports of Indiana shall declare an emergency by recording the declaration and grounds for the emergency in the minutes of the commission.(b) Unless the ports of Indiana declares an emergency, the ports of Indiana may not during any six (6) month period make separate contracts with another party for similar construction projects or the purchase of similar equipment, materials, or supplies under IC 8-10-1-7(5) without advertising for and accepting public bids, if the aggregate cost of the separate contracts is more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).(c) A commission member or an employee of the ports of Indiana who knowingly violates subsection (b) commits a Level 6 felony.(d) A person who accepts a contract with the ports of Indiana knowing that subsection (b) was violated in connection with the contract commits a Level 6 felony and may not be a party to or benefit from any contract with a public body in the state for two (2) years from the date of the person's conviction.(e) If the ports of Indiana declares an emergency, the ports of Indiana may:(1) contract for a construction project or the purchase of equipment, materials, or supplies without advertising for bids, if bids or quotes are invited from at least three (3) persons known to deal in:(A) the public work required to be done; or(B) the equipment, materials, or supplies sought to be purchased; and(2) either:(A) reject all bids or quotes submitted; or(B) contract with the lowest and best bidder or quoter for the construction project or purchase.The total amount of all contracts the ports of Indiana may award with respect to an emergency declared under subsection (a) may not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), unless an executive order is issued by the governor authorizing the ports of Indiana to exceed this limit.(f) When awarding a contract with respect to an emergency declared under subsection (a), the ports shall list in the minutes of the next commission meeting the names of all the entities invited to bid.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.108, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.18-1987, SEC.9; P.L.102-1993, SEC.1; P.L.98-2008, SEC.37; P.L.156-2013, SEC.2; P.L.158-2013, SEC.133; P.L.168-2014, SEC.11.
IN Code § 8-10-1-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 1. Ports of Indiana─organization|8-10-1-30. Rights of Bondholders Not to Be Impaired

Sec. 30. The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued under this article that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the ports of Indiana to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders or in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders until the bonds, together with the interest, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders, are fully met and discharged. The ports of Indiana is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds.As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.224 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.98-2008, SEC.38.
IN Code § 8-10-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 2. Ports of Indiana─canals and Storage Facilities|8-10-2-1. Authority for Construction or Improvement; Reimbursement for Damages to Public or Private Facilities

Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the definitions set forth in IC 8-10-1-2 apply throughout this chapter.(b) In addition to the powers conferred upon the ports of Indiana by other provisions of this article, the ports of Indiana, in order to promote the agricultural, industrial, and commercial development of the state or to provide for the general welfare, and in order to connect any port under its jurisdiction with any other waterway or as part of a plan to ultimately connect such port with any other waterway, shall have the power and is hereby authorized, in cooperation with the federal government or otherwise, to construct a new canal or canals or to improve any canal, river, or other waterway, or both, including but not limited to dredging and all other work required in the design and construction of shipping channels, canals, and turning basins in a manner to accommodate water-borne transportation and the construction of wharves, docks, piers, warehouses, and other facilities for the unloading of barges and other boats. In exercising the powers hereby granted, the ports of Indiana shall have only such powers granted to it by this article in connection with a port project as may relate to the construction of a new canal or canals or the improvement of any canal, river, or other waterway, or both, and the term "port project", as used in this article, shall be deemed to include the construction of a new canal or canals or the improvement of any canal, river, or other waterway, or both, including but not limited to dredging and all other work required in the design and construction of wharves, docks, piers, warehouses, and other facilities for the unloading of barges and other boats. However, the ports of Indiana shall make reimbursement for any actual damage to any public or private facilities, including but not limited to breakwaters, water intakes, wharfs, piers, boat docks, warehouses, and pipeline equipment resulting from such construction and other activities. Nothing in this section shall authorize the ports of Indiana to take, condemn, or disturb any property right or interest in property, existing on March 10, 1967, including permits and authorities to fill and reclaim submerged lands, or any facilities constituting all or part of any operating property or any private or public port.Formerly: Acts 1967, c.210, s.1. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.14; P.L.98-2008, SEC.39.
IN Code § 8-10-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 2. Ports of Indiana─canals and Storage Facilities|8-10-2-2. Manufacturing, Processing, and Recreational Facilities; Damages to Public or Private Facilities; Reimbursement

Sec. 2. (a) In addition to the powers conferred upon the ports of Indiana by other provisions of this article, the ports of Indiana, whenever the ports of Indiana finds that the economic welfare of the state would thereby be benefited, by additional employment opportunities, or by additional diversification of industry within the state, or by increased income or prosperity to the state and its residents, or for any other reason, shall have the power to acquire, construct, maintain, repair, police, and lease to others such facilities for manufacturing, storage, or processing of goods, or for the carrying on of commercial, business, or recreational activities as the ports of Indiana further finds will increase the traffic into or out of the project. Any such facilities and the site thereof shall not be exempt from property taxation, and the lessee in any lease thereof shall agree to pay all property taxes levied on such facilities and the site thereof.(b) In exercising the powers granted in this section, the ports of Indiana shall have all the powers granted to it by this article, in connection with a project, and the term "project", as used in IC 8-10-1, shall be deemed to include facilities, adjuncts, and appurtenances of the character referred to in this section.(c) It is further declared that the acquisition, construction, maintenance, repair, policing of, and leasing to others of such facilities under the conditions set forth in this section is a public purpose.(d) Nothing in this section shall authorize the ports of Indiana to take, condemn, or disturb any property right or interest in property, existing on March 10, 1967, including permits and authorities to fill and reclaim submerged lands, or any facilities constituting all or part of any operating property or any private or public port. The ports of Indiana shall make reimbursement for any actual damage to any public or private facilities, including but not limited to breakwaters, water intakes, wharves, piers, boat docks, warehouses, and pipeline equipment resulting from the exercise by it of any powers granted to it by this section.Formerly: Acts 1967, c.210, s.2. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.15; P.L.224-2003, SEC.225 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.25; P.L.98-2008, SEC.40.
IN Code § 8-10-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 2. Ports of Indiana─canals and Storage Facilities|8-10-2-3. Indiana Port Fund; Management and Disbursements

Sec. 3. Subject to the approval of the governor, the budget agency, and the budget committee, the ports of Indiana may, notwithstanding the provisions of IC 8-10-1-12 or the provisions of any other statute relating to or appropriating money to the Indiana port fund, expend moneys without further appropriation than the provisions of this chapter from the Indiana port fund for the operation and maintenance of a "port" or "port project" as those terms are defined in this article, and in connection with the issuance of bonds, may covenant to set aside and may set aside moneys from the Indiana port fund in a separate fund or account with a corporate trustee or otherwise to be applied on the cost of such operation and maintenance.Formerly: Acts 1967, c.210, s.3. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.16; P.L.98-2008, SEC.41.
IN Code § 8-10-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 3. Ports of Indiana─foreign Trade Zone and In-Transit Storage|8-10-3-1. Authority for Acquisition and Operation of Port Facilities

Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the definitions set forth in IC 8-10-1-2 apply throughout this chapter.(b) In addition to the powers conferred upon the ports of Indiana by other provisions of this article, the ports of Indiana shall have the power whenever the ports of Indiana finds it either desirable or necessary in order to increase the water borne traffic into or out of the port to acquire, lease, construct, maintain, repair, and police facilities, adjuncts, and appurtenances for use in the business of in transit processing, finishing, reduction, conversion, completion, packaging, bottling, transshipment, or handling of commodities. In exercising the powers granted in this section, the ports of Indiana shall have all the powers granted to the ports of Indiana by this article in connection with a port project, and the term "port project", as used in this article, shall be deemed and construed to include facilities, adjuncts, and appurtenances of the character referred to in this section.Formerly: Acts 1965, c.237, s.1. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.17; P.L.98-2008, SEC.42.
IN Code § 8-10-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 3. Ports of Indiana─foreign Trade Zone and In-Transit Storage|8-10-3-2. Authority for Establishment and Operation of Foreign-Trade Zones

Sec. 2. The ports of Indiana, or a public or private agency or corporation of the state of Indiana designated by the ports of Indiana, is hereby authorized to make application to the board established by the act of Congress approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 998-1003; 19 United States Code 81a-81u) (Public Law 397, 73rd Congress) entitled "an act to provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States to expedite and encourage foreign commerce and other purposes," and all acts amendatory thereto, for a grant to the ports of Indiana, or a public or private agency or corporation of the state of Indiana designated by the ports of Indiana, of the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone at such places within the state of Indiana as the ports of Indiana may determine, including lake ports, river ports, and elsewhere, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application be granted to accept such grant and to establish, operate, and maintain such zone in accordance with law.Formerly: Acts 1965, c.237, s.2; Acts 1975, P.L.84, SEC.2. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.28, SEC.1; P.L.98-2008, SEC.43.
IN Code § 8-10-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 3. Ports of Indiana─foreign Trade Zone and In-Transit Storage|8-10-3-3. Eminent Domain

Sec. 3. The ports of Indiana in any appropriation of property, under the provisions of the appropriate eminent domain law, may take either a fee simple title in any property, or easement, or right-of-way, or riparian right, or any other estate therein as in any particular instance as to any parcel of property may be deemed necessary by the ports of Indiana.Formerly: Acts 1965, c.237, s.3. As amended by P.L.98-2008, SEC.44.
IN Code § 8-10-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 4. Ports of Indiana─jurisdiction and Bonding Powers|8-10-4-1. "Self-Liquidating or Nonrecourse Project"

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "self-liquidating or nonrecourse project" means:(1) a project for which a lease or leases have been executed providing for payment in an amount the ports of Indiana determines to be sufficient to pay:(A) the interest and principal of the bonds to be issued to finance the cost of the project; and(B) all costs of maintenance, repair, and insurance of the project; or(2) a project that is structured in such a manner that the ports of Indiana determines there is no recourse against the state or the ports of Indiana.(b) Other words and terms used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in IC 8-10-1-2 and the other provisions of this article, unless otherwise specifically provided.Formerly: Acts 1969, c.292, s.1. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.18; P.L.224-2003, SEC.226 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.26; P.L.232-2005, SEC.8; P.L.98-2008, SEC.45.
IN Code § 8-10-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 4. Ports of Indiana─jurisdiction and Bonding Powers|8-10-4-2. Revenue Bonds; Application of Bidding and Public Works Statutes; Governor Approval Required

Sec. 2. (a) In addition to the powers conferred upon the ports of Indiana by other provisions of this article, and subject to subsection (b), the ports of Indiana, in connection with any self-liquidating or nonrecourse project, shall have the following powers notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary:(1) The revenue bonds issued by the ports of Indiana to finance the cost of such self-liquidating or nonrecourse project may be issued without regard to any maximum interest rate limitation in this article or any other law.(2) The revenue bonds issued by the ports of Indiana to finance the cost of such self-liquidating or nonrecourse project may be sold in such manner, either at public or private sale, as the ports of Indiana may determine, and the provisions of IC 21-32-3 shall not be applicable to such sale.(3) IC 4-13.6, IC 5-16-1, IC 5-16-2, IC 5-16-3, IC 5-16-5, IC 5-16-5.5, IC 5-16-6, IC 5-16-6.5, IC 5-16-8, IC 5-16-9, IC 5-16-10, IC 5-16-11, IC 5-16-11.1, IC 8-10-1-7(12), IC 8-10-1-29, and IC 36-1-12 do not apply to a self-liquidating or nonrecourse project.(b) The issuance of revenue bonds by the ports of Indiana under this chapter is subject to the approval of the governor.Formerly: Acts 1969, c.292, s.2. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.19; P.L.224-2003, SEC.227 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.27; P.L.235-2005, SEC.112; P.L.232-2005, SEC.9; P.L.1-2006, SEC.154; P.L.2-2007, SEC.136; P.L.98-2008, SEC.46.
IN Code § 8-10-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 4. Ports of Indiana─jurisdiction and Bonding Powers|8-10-4-3. Charges of Lessees

Sec. 3. Any lease of a project may provide that the lessee, as its reasonable portion of the ports of Indiana's administrative expense incurred by the ports of Indiana during the term of the lease which the lessee is required to pay by IC 8-10-1-10, shall pay to the ports of Indiana for the use of the harbor, the public docking facilities and public wharves and piers, all harbor, dockage, and wharfage charges established by the ports of Indiana.Formerly: Acts 1969, c.292, s.3. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.20; P.L.224-2003, SEC.228 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.28; P.L.98-2008, SEC.47.
IN Code § 8-10-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 4. Ports of Indiana─jurisdiction and Bonding Powers|8-10-4-4. Valuation of Land for Project Site

Sec. 4. The cost of any project may include, instead of the cost of the acquisition of the land constituting the site of such project, the value of such land as determined by the ports of Indiana. The proceeds of any revenue bonds representing the value of such land shall be deposited in the Indiana port fund.Formerly: Acts 1969, c.292, s.4. As amended by P.L.224-2003, SEC.229 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.29; P.L.98-2008, SEC.48.
IN Code § 8-10-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 4. Ports of Indiana─jurisdiction and Bonding Powers|8-10-4-5. Contracts for Use of License, Process, or Device

Sec. 5. The ports of Indiana may contract for the use of any license, process or device, whether patented or not, which the ports of Indiana finds is necessary for the operation of any project, and may permit the use thereof by any lessee on such terms and conditions as the ports of Indiana may determine. The cost of such license, process, or device may be included as part of the cost of the project.Formerly: Acts 1969, c.292, s.5. As amended by P.L.224-2003, SEC.230 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.30; P.L.98-2008, SEC.49.
IN Code § 8-10-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 4. Ports of Indiana─jurisdiction and Bonding Powers|8-10-4-6. Application of Certain Provisions

Sec. 6. The following provisions apply to this chapter:(1) IC 8-10-1-4.(2) IC 8-10-1-10.(3) IC 8-10-1-13.(4) IC 8-10-1-14.(5) IC 8-10-1-15.(6) IC 8-10-1-16.(7) IC 8-10-1-19.(8) IC 8-10-1-25.(9) IC 8-10-1-27.(10) IC 8-10-1-30.As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.231 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.31.
IN Code § 8-10-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 5. Creation of Port Authorities by Local Governments|8-10-5-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:(1) "Port authority" means a port authority created pursuant to authority of this chapter.(2) The terms "port" or "harbor" may be used interchangeably and when used in this chapter shall mean any area used for servicing, storing, protecting, mooring, loading or unloading, or repairing any watercraft, on or adjacent to any body of water which may be wholly or partially within or wholly or partially adjacent to the state of Indiana. The terms include a breakwater area.(3) The term "watercraft" shall mean any vessel, barge, boat, ship, tug, sailingcraft, skiff, raft, inboard or outboard propelled boat, or any contrivance known on March 13, 1959, or invented after March 13, 1959, used or designed for navigation of or use upon water, including a vessel permanently anchored in a port.(4) "Publication" means publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks:(A) with each publication of notice made in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, county, or counties where publication is required to be made; or(B) with the first publication of notice made in a newspaper described in clause (A) and the second publication of notice:(i) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and(ii) on the official web site of the city, county, or counties where publication is required to be made.(5) The term "governing body" shall mean the legislative authority of the governmental unit or units establishing or having established a port authority under the provisions of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1959, c.343, s.1; Acts 1961, c.247, s.1. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.21; P.L.103-1993, SEC.1; P.L.152-2021, SEC.6.
IN Code § 8-10-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 5. Creation of Port Authorities by Local Governments|8-10-5-2. Ordinance or Resolution Authorizing Creation; Actions by or Against; Contracts

Sec. 2. (a) Any municipal corporation, county, or any combination of a municipal corporation, municipal corporations, county, or counties may create a port authority and there may be created a port authority in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000). Such authority may operate in addition to any municipal authority that may be created under this chapter. A municipal corporation shall act by ordinance, and a county shall act by resolution of the county commissioners in authorizing the creation of a port authority. A port authority created hereunder shall be a body corporate and politic which may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall have the powers and jurisdiction enumerated in this chapter. The exercise by such port authority of the powers conferred upon it shall be deemed to be essential governmental functions of the state of Indiana, but no port authority shall be immune from liability by reason thereof.(b) In the exercise of the powers and authorities herein granted said port authority shall have power to make and enter into any and all contracts that may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this chapter, a contract made by a port authority is not subject to ratification by any other board, body, or officer.Formerly: Acts 1959, c.343, s.2; Acts 1961, c.247, s.2; Acts 1975, P.L.86, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.12-1992, SEC.61; P.L.49-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-10-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 10. Ports|Chapter 5. Creation of Port Authorities by Local Governments|8-10-5-3. Counties Creating Port Authority; Reimbursement of Municipal Corporations

Sec. 3. Any county, which seeks to create a port authority shall, prior to such creation of a port authority, and prior to the exercising of the hereinafter described rights, compensate in full the municipal corporations included in the territory of such county, in an amount of money equal to the waterfront investment of such municipal corporations in the territory or adjoining lands including but not limited to appropriations, expenditures, charges for materials used or labor performed by public officials or employees of said municipal corporation in the placing, construction, development, or improvement of land fills; waterfront shoreways or highways; bulkheads; connecting ways; tracts, breakwaters; soil erosion projects; harbor improvements; public beaches; boat harbor facilities; drainage systems; docks; bridges; wharves; piers; places; ways; buildings and appurtenances; sewers; public utility facilities for power, light, heat or water; dredging or channel improvement projects; communications systems; and lakefront improvements. Such municipal corporations may decline to demand compensation for any of the foregoing components of their waterfront investment and thereby retain their possession, custody, control, and property interest in the component for which no compensation is demanded.Such compensation paid to the municipal corporation may not be derived or take origin directly or indirectly from levies, taxes, assessments, fees, or charges of any kind or nature which were imposed or will be imposed upon the citizens, electors or taxpayers of the municipal corporation which receives such compensation.Formerly: Acts 1959, c.343, s.3.