reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
IN Code § 8-3-22-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-1. Purposes

Sec. 1. The purposes of this compact are, through joint or cooperative action, to:(1) promote development and implementation of improvements to intercity passenger rail service in the Midwest;(2) coordinate interaction among Midwestern state elected officials and their designees on passenger rail issues;(3) promote development and implementation of long range plans for high speed rail passenger service in the Midwest and among other regions of the United States;(4) work with the public and private sectors at the federal, state, and local levels to ensure coordination among the various entities having an interest in passenger rail service and to promote Midwestern interests regarding passenger rail service; and(5) support efforts of transportation agencies involved in developing and implementing passenger rail service in the Midwest.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-2. "Commission" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" means the Midwest interstate passenger rail compact commission established in section 3 of this chapter.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-3. Creation and Members of Commission

Sec. 3. (a) The Midwest interstate passenger rail compact commission is created to carry out the duties specified in this compact.(b) The manner of appointment of commission members, terms of office consistent with the terms of this compact, provisions for removal and suspension, and manner of appointment to fill vacancies shall be determined by each party state under its laws, but each member of the commission must be a resident of the state of appointment.(c) Commission members serve without compensation from the commission.(d) The commission consists of four (4) resident members of each state as follows:(1) The governor, or the governor's designee, who serves during the tenure of office of the governor, or until a successor is named.(2) One (1) member of the private sector appointed by the governor to serve during the tenure of office of the governor, or until a successor is named.(3) Two (2) legislators from different political parties, one (1) from each legislative chamber (or two (2) legislators from any unicameral legislature), who serve two (2) year terms, or until successors are appointed, and who are appointed by the appropriate appointing authority in each legislative chamber.All vacancies must be filled according to the laws of the appointing states. A commission member appointed to fill a vacancy serves until the end of the incomplete term.(e) Each member state has equal voting privileges, as determined by the commission bylaws.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-4. Powers and Duties of Commission

Sec. 4. (a) The duties of the commission are to:(1) advocate for the funding and authorization necessary to make passenger rail improvements a reality for the region;(2) identify and seek to develop ways that states can form partnerships, including those with rail industry and labor, to implement improved passenger rail service in the region;(3) seek development of a long term, interstate plan for high speed rail passenger service implementation;(4) cooperate with other agencies, regions, and entities to ensure that the Midwest is adequately represented and integrated into national plans for passenger rail development;(5) adopt bylaws governing the activities and procedures of the commission and addressing, among other subjects:(A) the powers and duties of officers; and(B) the voting rights of commission members, voting procedures, commission business, and any other purposes necessary to fulfill the duties of the commission;(6) expend funds as required to carry out the powers and duties of the commission; and(7) report on the activities of the commission to the legislatures and governors of the member states on an annual basis.(b) In addition to its exercise of these duties, the commission may:(1) provide multistate advocacy necessary to implement passenger rail systems or plans, as approved by the commission;(2) work with local elected officials, economic development planning organizations, and similar entities to raise the visibility of passenger rail service benefits and needs;(3) educate other state officials, federal agencies, other elected officials, and the public on the advantages of passenger rail as an integral part of an intermodal transportation system in the region;(4) work with federal agency officials and members of Congress to ensure the funding and authorization necessary to develop a long term, interstate plan for high speed rail passenger service implementation.(5) make recommendations to member states;(6) implement or provide oversight for specific rail projects, if requested by each state participating in a particular project and under the terms of a formal agreement approved by the participating states and the commission;(7) establish an office and hire staff as necessary;(8) contract for or provide services;(9) assess dues, according to the terms of this compact;(10) conduct research; and(11) establish committees.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-5. Officers

Sec. 5. (a) The commission shall annually elect from among its members:(1) a chair;(2) a vice chair, who may not be a resident of the state represented by the chair; and(3) any other officers approved in the commission bylaws.(b) The officers shall perform the functions and exercise the powers specified in the commission bylaws.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-6. Meetings; Voting

Sec. 6. (a) The commission shall meet at least once in each calendar year and at other times as determined by the commission.(b) Commission business shall be conducted according to the procedures and voting rights specified in the bylaws.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-7. Appropriations; Donations; Expenses; Budgets

Sec. 7. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the money necessary to finance the general operations of the commission in carrying forth its duties, responsibilities, and powers as stated in this chapter shall be appropriated to the commission by the compacting states, when authorized by the respective legislatures, by equal apportionment among the compacting states.(b) This compact may not be construed to commit a member state to participate in financing a rail project except as provided by law of the member state.(c) The commission may accept, for any of its purposes and functions, donations, gifts, grants, and appropriations of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services from the federal government, from any party state or from any department, agency, or municipality thereof, or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation.(d) All expenses incurred by the commission in executing the duties imposed upon it by this compact shall be paid by the commission out of the funds available to it.(e) The commission may not issue a debt instrument.(f) The commission shall submit to the officer designated by the laws of each party state, periodically as required by the laws of each party state, a budget of its actual past and estimated future expenditures.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-8. Eligible Party States

Sec. 8. (a) The states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin are eligible to join this compact.(b) Upon approval of the commission, according to its bylaws, other states may also be declared eligible to join the compact.(c) For an eligible party state, this compact is effective when that state's legislature enacts the compact into law. However, the compact does not become initially effective until enacted into law by any three (3) party states incorporating the provisions of this compact into the laws of those states.(d) Amendments to the compact become effective upon their enactment by the legislatures of all compacting states.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-9. Withdrawal From Compact; Default; Termination of Compact

Sec. 9. (a) Withdrawal from this compact shall be by enactment of a statute repealing the compact and takes effect one (1) year after the effective date of the statute.(b) A withdrawing state is liable for any obligations that the withdrawing state may have incurred before the effective date of withdrawal.(c) If, at any time, a compacting state defaults in the performance of any of its obligations, assumed or imposed, in accordance with the provisions of this compact, all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred by this compact or agreements under the compact shall be suspended from the effective date of the compacting state's default, as fixed by the commission.(d) The commission shall stipulate the conditions and maximum time for compliance under which the defaulting state may resume its regular status.(e) Unless the default is remedied under the stipulations and within the time set forth by the commission, this compact may be terminated with respect to the defaulting state by affirmative vote of a majority of the other commission members.(f) A defaulting state may be reinstated, upon vote of the commission, by performing all acts and obligations as stipulated by the commission.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-3-22-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 3. Railroads Generally|Chapter 22. Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact|8-3-22-10. Severability; Effect of Rulings in Other States; Liberal Construction

Sec. 10. (a) The provisions of this compact are severable, and if a phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of a compacting state or of the United States or the applicability of this compact to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability of this compact to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is not affected.(b) If this compact entered into is held contrary to the constitution of a compacting state, the compact remains in full force and effect for the remaining states and in full force and effect for the state affected as to all severable matters.(c) The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the compact.As added by P.L.131-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-4-1-0.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-0.3. "Corporation"

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "corporation" includes a foreign corporation, partnership, or limited liability company authorized to do business in Indiana.As added by P.L.146-2017, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-4-1-0.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-0.5. "Rail Carrier"

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "rail carrier" has the meaning set forth in 49 U.S.C. 10102(5).As added by P.L.146-2017, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-4-1-0.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-0.6. "Railroad"

Sec. 0.6. As used in this chapter, "railroad" includes a rail carrier.As added by P.L.146-2017, SEC.4.
IN Code § 8-4-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-1. Incorporation

Sec. 1. (a) A railroad may incorporate under any of the following:(1) Before July 1, 2017, this chapter.(2) The Indiana Business Corporation Law (IC 23-1) (before its repeal).(3) Any other applicable statute.After June 30, 2017, a railroad may not incorporate under this chapter.(b) Any number of persons, not less than fifteen (15), being subscribers to the stock of any contemplated railroad may be formed into a corporation for the purpose of constructing, owning, and maintaining such railroad by complying with the following requirements:(1) Whenever stock to the amount (measured by the consideration to be received therefor) of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each and every mile of the proposed road, shall have been subscribed, the subscribers to such stock shall elect directors for such company from their own number and shall severally subscribe articles of association in which shall be set forth the following:(A) The name of the corporation.(B) The total number of shares into which its authorized capital stock is to be divided.(C) Whether all or part of said shares are to have a par value and if so, the number and par value of such shares.(D) Whether all or part of said shares are to be without par value and if so, the number of such shares.(E) The consideration for which the company may issue and sell its shares without par value or authorization to the board of directors to fix such consideration from time to time.(F) If said shares are to be divided into classes or kinds, the designations of the different classes, the number and par value, if any, of the shares of each class, and a statement of the relative rights, preferences, limitations, restrictions, and voting rights of each class.(G) The number of directors and their names to manage the affairs of the company.(H) The names of the place from which and the place to which the proposed road is to be constructed and each county into which or through which it is intended to pass.(I) Its length as near as may be.(2) Each subscriber to such articles of association shall state the subscriber's place of residence and the number and class (if there be more than one (1) class) of shares taken by the subscriber in such company.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.1; Acts 1933, c.101, s.7. As amended by P.L.75-1990, SEC.1; P.L.146-2017, SEC.5.
IN Code § 8-4-1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-2. Shareholders; Preemptive Rights

Sec. 2. The shareholders of any railroad company, now organized or to be organized under the laws of this state, shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe to or purchase any additional issues of shares of the capital stock of the corporation of any class nor any shares of the corporation purchased or acquired by the corporation and not canceled but held as treasury stock except to the extent, if any, that such rights shall be fixed and stated in the articles of association.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.1a; Acts 1957, c.69, s.1. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.85.
IN Code § 8-4-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-3. Articles of Association; Filing With Secretary of State

Sec. 3. Articles of association formed under section 1 of this chapter shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state; and, thereupon, the persons who have subscribed the same, and all persons who shall, from time to time, become stockholders in such company, and their successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, in perpetuity, by the name stated in such articles of association; and may sue or be sued; and may have a common seal, and may make and alter the same at pleasure; and shall be capable, in law, of purchasing, holding, and conveying any real and personal property whatever, necessary for the construction of such road and for the erection of all necessary buildings and yards and appurtenances for the use of the same. A copy of any articles of association filed in pursuance of this chapter, and certified to be a copy, by the secretary of state or the secretary of state's deputy, shall, in all courts and places, be presumptive evidence of the incorporation of such company and of the facts stated in the articles of association.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.32; P.L.136-2018, SEC.86.
IN Code § 8-4-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-4. Subscriptions to the Stock

Sec. 4. The directors named in section 1 of this chapter shall open books for subscription to the capital stock of the company, at such times and in such places as a majority of them may direct, due notices of which shall be given; and in case a greater amount of stock shall be subscribed than the whole capital required by such company, the directors shall distribute such capital stock, so subscribed, as equally as possible among the subscribers, but no share thereof shall be divided in making such distribution, nor shall a greater number of shares be allotted to any one (1) subscriber than by him subscribed for.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.3. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.33.
IN Code § 8-4-1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-5. Shareholders; Annual Meeting; Directors, Election, and Term

Sec. 5. There shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders (to be held in one (1) of the counties in which or through which such road is proposed to be or may be constructed) for the election of directors to serve for the ensuing year, notice of which, appointing a time and place, shall be given by the directors chosen as provided in section 1 of this chapter for the first annual election, and, afterward, by their successors in office; which notice shall be published not less than twenty (20) days previous thereto in a newspaper published in each county through which such road shall be intended to run (if there be stockholders residing therein) in which a newspaper shall be published; and if no newspaper be published therein, then by six (6) written or printed notices put up in the most public places in such county; provided, however, that the directors may prescribe by bylaw a place outside the state for the holding of annual meetings, or, notwithstanding the limitations of section 10 of this chapter, by resolution adopted at any meeting by stockholders holding shares representing two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of the capital stock entitled to vote at any annual meeting. Three (3) judges of election shall be chosen by the board of directors previous to any annual meeting of the stockholders, who shall be stockholders but not directors at the time of such election, whose duty it shall be to receive the votes of the stockholders at such election for directors, and who shall openly count the votes and declare the result, and shall furnish the directors elected at such meeting of the stockholders with a certificate of their election, which certificate shall be evidence of their authority to act as such directors. Not less than seven (7) nor more than thirteen (13) directors shall be chosen at such meeting of stockholders, by ballot, and by a majority of the votes of the stockholders present in person or by proxy. No person shall be a director unless he shall be a stockholder, owning stock absolutely in his own right, and qualified to a vote for directors at the election at which he shall be chosen. The directors shall hold their office for one (1) year and until others are elected in their places.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.4; Acts 1933, c.101, s.8; Acts 1955, c.139, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.34.
IN Code § 8-4-1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-6. Meetings of Shareholders; Notice; Requisites

Sec. 6. Meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time during the interval between the annual meetings, by the directors or by the stockholders owning not less than one-fourth (1/4) of the stock, by giving thirty (30) days public notice of the time and place of the meetings, in the manner provided in section 5 of this chapter for the annual meetings; and when any such meeting is called by the stockholders, the particular object of such meeting shall be stated in such notice, and if at any such meeting thus called, a majority in value of the stockholders are not represented in person or by proxy, such meeting shall be adjourned from day to day, not exceeding three (3) days, without transacting any business; and if, within said three (3) days, stockholders having a majority of the stock do not attend such meeting, then the meeting shall be dissolved.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.5. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.35.
IN Code § 8-4-1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies|8-4-1-7. Meetings of Shareholders; Annual Report; Removal of Officers

Sec. 7. At a regular meeting of the stockholders of any such corporation, it shall be the duty of the president and directors in office for the preceding year to exhibit a clear and distinct statement of the affairs of said company; and at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of those present, in person or by proxy, may require similar statements from the directors, whose duty it shall be to furnish them when thus required: and at all general meetings of the stockholders, a majority in value of the stockholders in such company may remove any president or any director of such company, and elect another in their stead; provided, notice of such intended removal shall have been given as required in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.6. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.36.