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IN Code § 36-9-6.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6.5. Metropolitan Thoroughfare District of Marion County|36-9-6.5-7. Department Proceeding After Final Approval of Project

Sec. 7. After final approval of the resolution by the board, the department shall proceed with the project, work, and capital improvements, or any parts of them, and shall let all contracts, upon separate plans and specifications, in accordance with IC 36-1-12. The projects authorized may be modified by the board if it considers modification necessary to carry out the purpose of the declaration and resolution, so long as the modifications do not increase the estimate of the total cost of the project as adopted in the original resolution. All other changes must be processed as new declarations.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-9-6.5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6.5. Metropolitan Thoroughfare District of Marion County|36-9-6.5-8. Thoroughfare Tax

Sec. 8. All property located within the district is subject to a special tax for the purpose of providing money to pay the total cost of the project, including all necessary incidental expenses of programming, planning, and designing. The special tax constitutes the amount of benefits resulting to all of that property from the acquisition or work, and shall be levied as provided in this chapter.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-9-6.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6.5. Metropolitan Thoroughfare District of Marion County|36-9-6.5-9. Bonds Issued

Sec. 9. (a) For the purpose of raising money to pay for any land or right-of-way to be acquired for thoroughfares within the district or to pay for any capital improvement necessary for the construction, reconstruction, or operation of thoroughfares within the district, and in anticipation of the special benefit tax, the board may cause bonds to be issued in the name of the consolidated city for the benefit of the district. The bonds shall be issued in accordance with IC 36-3-5-8.(b) The bonds may be in an amount not to exceed the estimated cost of all land and rights-of-way to be acquired and the estimated cost of all capital improvements, including all expenses necessarily incurred in connection with the proceedings, together with a sum sufficient to pay the costs of supervision and inspection during the period of construction or reconstruction and all costs of programming, planning, and designing the capital improvements. The expenses to be covered in the amount of the bond issue include all expenses of every kind actually incurred preliminary to the acquisition of the property and the construction of work, such as the cost of necessary records, engineering expenses, publication of notices, salaries, and other expenses necessary to be incurred in connection with the acquisition of the property, the letting of the contract, and the sale of bonds.(c) The bonds issued may not exceed the estimates for the project as determined by the board under section 4 of this chapter.(d) Any surplus of bond proceeds remaining after all costs and expenses have been fully paid shall be paid into the metropolitan thoroughfare district bond fund. The board may appropriate the proceeds of the bonds.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-9-6.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6.5. Metropolitan Thoroughfare District of Marion County|36-9-6.5-10. Bonds; Limitations; Terms

Sec. 10. (a) When the total issue of bonds under section 9 of this chapter for purposes of the district, including bonds already issued or to be issued, exceeds four percent (4%) of the total adjusted value of taxable property in the district as determined under IC 36-1-15, additional bonds may not be issued. All bonds or obligations issued in violation of this subsection are void.(b) Bonds issued under section 9 of this chapter are not, in any respect, corporate obligations or indebtedness of the consolidated city but constitute an indebtedness of the metropolitan thoroughfare district, and the bonds and interest on them are payable only out of revenues of the district. The bonds must recite these terms upon their face.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.218.
IN Code § 36-9-6.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6.5. Metropolitan Thoroughfare District of Marion County|36-9-6.5-11. Deposit of Bond Proceeds

Sec. 11. All proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under section 9 of this chapter shall be kept as a separate and specific fund to pay for the cost of land, rights-of-way, and other property acquired and of the cost of the work and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with it, and no part may be used for any other purpose. The fund shall be deposited at interest with the depository or depositories of other public funds of the consolidated city, and all interest collected on it belongs to the fund.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-9-6.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 6.5. Metropolitan Thoroughfare District of Marion County|36-9-6.5-12. Special Tax; Metropolitan Thoroughfare District Bond Fund

Sec. 12. (a) For the purpose of raising money to pay all bonds issued under section 9 of this chapter and any interest on them, the legislative body may levy each year a special tax upon all of the property located within the district, in such manner as to meet and pay the principal of the bonds as they severally mature, together with all accruing interest on them. Other revenues and funds may be annually allocated by statute or ordinance to be applied to reduction of the bonds and their interest for the next succeeding year, but to the extent that monies on hand are insufficient for payments required in the next succeeding year, the special tax shall be levied.(b) The tax so collected, and all other allocated monies, shall be accumulated and kept in a separate fund to be known as the "Metropolitan Thoroughfare District Bond Fund", and shall be applied to the payment of the district bonds and interest as they severally mature, and to no other purposes. All accumulations may be deposited, at interest, with one (1) of the depositories of other funds of the consolidated city, and all interest collected belongs to the fund.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-9-7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 7. City Department of Traffic Engineering|36-9-7-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all cities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-19-1 part; 18-4-19-7 part; 18-4-19-8 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.80.
IN Code § 36-9-7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 7. City Department of Traffic Engineering|36-9-7-2. Establishment of Department

Sec. 2. The city legislative body may, by ordinance, establish a department of traffic engineering.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-19-1 part; 18-4-19-7 part; 18-4-19-8 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.80.
IN Code § 36-9-7-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 7. City Department of Traffic Engineering|36-9-7-3. Department Personnel; Qualifications of Traffic Engineer

Sec. 3. (a) The personnel of the department of traffic engineering consists of a city traffic engineer, the traffic engineer's assistants, and other employees necessary to perform the duties of the department. The city executive shall appoint the traffic engineer.(b) The traffic engineer must:(1) have a thorough knowledge of modern traffic control methods;(2) be able to supervise and coordinate diversified traffic engineering activities and prepare engineering reports; and(3) either:(A) be a registered professional engineer who has practiced traffic engineering for at least one (1) year;(B) have a certificate of engineer-in-training under IC 25-31 and have practiced traffic engineering for at least two (2) years; or(C) have practiced traffic engineering for at least ten (10) years.A person must furnish evidence of the person's qualifications under this subsection before the person may be appointed by the executive.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-19-1 part; 18-4-19-2.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.80. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.288.
IN Code § 36-9-7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 7. City Department of Traffic Engineering|36-9-7-4. Authority and Responsibility of Traffic Engineer

Sec. 4. (a) The traffic engineer is responsible only to the city executive or safety board, and the traffic engineer may act only in an advisory capacity to the executive or board.(b) The traffic engineer has full authority over all the traffic engineer's subordinates.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-4-19-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.80. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.289.
IN Code § 36-9-7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 7. City Department of Traffic Engineering|36-9-7-5. Powers and Duties of Traffic Engineer

Sec. 5. The traffic engineer shall:(1) conduct all research relating to the engineering aspects of the planning of:(A) public ways;(B) lands abutting public ways; and(C) traffic operation on public ways;for the safe, convenient, and economical transportation of persons and goods;(2) advise the city executive in the formulation and execution of plans and policies resulting from the traffic engineer's research under subdivision (1);(3) study all accident records, to which the traffic engineer has access at all times, in order to reduce accidents;(4) direct the use of all traffic signs, traffic signals, and paint markings, except on streets traversed by state highways;(5) recommend all necessary parking regulations;(6) recommend the proper control of traffic movement; and(7) if directed to do so by ordinance, supervise all employees engaged in activities described by subdivisions (3) through (6).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-19-4 part; 18-4-19-5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.80. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.290.
IN Code § 36-9-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 8. Attendance at Purdue Road School|36-9-8-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties and municipalities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-66-1 part; 19-5-17-1 part; 19-5-18-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.81.
IN Code § 36-9-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 8. Attendance at Purdue Road School|36-9-8-2. Persons Authorized to Attend School

Sec. 2. The following persons may attend the annual road school at Purdue University:(1) The county surveyor or county engineer of each county, and any other person authorized by the county executive.(2) The civil engineer and traffic engineer of each municipality, and any other person authorized by the municipal executive.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-66-1 part; 19-5-17-1 part; 19-5-18-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.81. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.317, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 8. Attendance at Purdue Road School|36-9-8-3. Persons Attending School; Reimbursement for Expenses

Sec. 3. (a) The expenses of a county surveyor, county engineer, or other person in attending the annual road school, including mileage, lodging, and tuition, shall be paid from the county general fund. On presentation of the proper receipts for these expenses, and with the approval of the county executive, the county auditor shall issue the county auditor's warrant for the expenses.(b) The municipal legislative body may annually appropriate sums for the necessary expense of mileage, meals, and lodging of a municipal engineer or other person in attending the annual road school.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-66-1 part; 19-5-17-1 part; 19-5-18-2 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.81. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.317, SEC.9; P.L.127-2017, SEC.291.
IN Code § 36-9-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all municipalities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-16.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82.
IN Code § 36-9-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-2. "City Block" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "city block" means both sides of the part of a public street that lies between two (2) intersecting public streets.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82.
IN Code § 36-9-9-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-3. Petitions for Construction of Street Lights; Declaratory Resolutions; Notice and Hearing

Sec. 3. (a) The owner or owners of real property that fronts or abuts upon a public street or thoroughfare may sign and file with the municipal works board their petition requesting that there be constructed, erected, installed, maintained, and operated:(1) an electric system of street lights and posts, designating the number of lumens per post and the number of posts along the street curb;(2) a system of ornamental street lights and posts with underground wiring; or(3) additional lights where a system has already been installed;in front or on either side of the city block or blocks described in the petition.(b) When the petition has been filed and signed by the owner or owners of at least sixty percent (60%) of the real property in the city block or blocks described in the petition, the works board shall adopt a declaratory resolution for the making of the improvement as described in the petition and shall then:(1) prepare and place on file in its office, or with the municipal clerk if it has no office, a complete set of drawings, plans, and specifications for the lighting system and an estimate of the annual cost of the street lighting, which shall be kept open for inspection by the public and all prospective bidders; and(2) publish in accordance with IC 5-3-1 a notice stating that on a day named after the last publication a public hearing shall be held, that interested persons may file remonstrances against the lighting system at the hearing, and that, at the hearing, the works board may sustain or overrule the remonstrances or may modify its original resolution, plans, or proceedings.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-24-1 part; 19-5-24-2.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.41.
IN Code § 36-9-9-4.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-4.1. Hearing on Remonstrance; Rescission or Modification of Resolution and Plans

Sec. 4.1. At the time specified in the notice under section 3 of this chapter, the municipal works board shall conduct a hearing of any remonstrance on file. If, at the hearing, the works board finds that:(1) the lighting system will not be of public benefit; or(2) the annual benefits from the lighting system that will accrue to the property liable to be assessed will not equal or exceed the estimated annual cost of the improvement, after deducting the amount of the annual cost to be paid by the municipality;the works board shall rescind the declaratory resolution for the lighting system and dismiss the petition, or modify the resolution, petition, drawings, plans, specifications, and estimated cost so that the lighting system will be of public benefit and the annual benefits that will accrue to the property liable to be assessed for the lighting system will equal or exceed its estimated annual cost, after deducting the amount of the annual cost to be paid by the municipality. However, the number of lumens per post and the number of posts designated in the petition may not be changed without the written consent of the petitioners.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.6, SEC.26.
IN Code § 36-9-9-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-6. Construction of Street Lights; Uniformity of Style; Supervisory Personnel; Completion Report

Sec. 6. (a) All street lamps or systems of lighting constructed, erected, or installed must be uniform in style and shall be installed under the supervision of:(1) the municipal civil engineer; or(2) some other competent person;as determined by the municipal works board. If the person supervising the work is not already under bond, the person shall file a bond for the faithful performance of the person's duties in the sum and the manner directed by the works board.(b) At the completion of the work, the person supervising the work shall file with the municipality the person's verified report that the work has been completed and complies in all respects with the drawings, plans, and specifications on file. If the report is found to be correct, the works board shall accept it on behalf of the municipality.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-6.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.292.
IN Code § 36-9-9-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-7. Payments to Utility for Service

Sec. 7. The municipality shall make to the utility operating the lighting system all payments required to be made to the utility for its service, in strict accordance with the terms of the contract or order under which the utility is operating. The municipality shall make the payments from its general fund or from a fund set aside for street lighting purposes, and shall be reimbursed for payments made in behalf of property owners by the collection of the assessments as provided in this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-9.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82.
IN Code § 36-9-9-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-8. Street Lights at Intersections

Sec. 8. (a) For purposes of this section, all light posts that are:(1) located on the street upon which a lighting system is installed; and(2) within fifty (50) feet of the nearest part of another street intersecting that street;are considered to be at a street intersection.(b) A municipality shall install, maintain, and operate at each street intersection lighting facilities that are at least equal to those in other parts of the lighting system.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-8 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82.
IN Code § 36-9-9-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-9. Payment of Costs of Lighting

Sec. 9. (a) The municipality shall pay from its general fund or from a fund set aside for street lighting purposes:(1) the entire annual cost of lighting at street intersections under section 8 of this chapter; and(2) not less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the annual cost of lighting of the entire other part of the lighting system, with the exact percentage paid to be fixed by the municipal works board.The municipal legislative body may, by ordinance, divide the municipality for lighting purposes into business zones, residence zones, or other classes of zones. The percentage of annual cost of the lighting system to be paid by the municipality must be uniform throughout each class of the zones.(b) The remaining annual cost of the lighting system shall be assessed against each lot or parcel of real property in the city block or blocks in front of which the lighting system is located, in the manner prescribed by section 10 of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-8 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82.
IN Code § 36-9-9-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 9. Municipal Street Lights|36-9-9-10. Street Light Assessments and Liens

Sec. 10. (a) After an electrical lighting system has been completed and is ready for operation, the municipal works board shall assess the real property in the city block or blocks affected for the proportionate part of the annual lighting cost and, in the case of a system of ornamental lighting, the installation costs, that the property owners are required to pay annually. The works board shall assess each lot or parcel of the property equally per front foot.(b) The works board shall prepare and file an assessment roll, setting forth the assessments against each lot and parcel of real property to be assessed, based upon:(1) the cost of the lighting for the full period of one (1) year and for that part of a year the system may be operated between the time of its completion and the beginning of the next calendar year; and(2) in the case of a system of ornamental lighting, the costs of installing the system.The preparation and filing of the assessment roll and all proceedings for its adoption and confirmation, notices to property owners, certifying the roll to the county treasurer, and all other proceedings in connection with the roll must be according to the statutes regarding public improvements in municipalities.(c) The first assessment made against each lot or parcel of real property is a lien on that lot or parcel, from the time of the final acceptance of the electrical system by the municipality. The lien covers the cost of lighting for the part of the calendar year following acceptance of the system, the cost of lighting for the next full calendar year, and, in the case of a system of ornamental lighting, the cost of installing the system.(d) After the first assessment is made, a lien attaches upon the assessment date of each year without further certification to the county treasurer, for the amount of the lighting cost for the succeeding calendar year and in the same proportions per front foot as fixed by the original assessment roll.(e) Assessments made under this section shall be paid in the same manner as taxes are paid, at the regular tax paying periods following the adoption of the assessment roll. An assessment not paid at the time fixed by statute is subject to and may be collected according to the statutes regarding delinquent taxes, and all property upon which an assessment is a lien is subject to proceedings for the collection of taxes.(f) The lien of an assessment under this section has equal priority with all other assessment liens and is superior to all other liens except liens for taxes.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-24-8 part; 19-5-24-10.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82. Amended by P.L.245-2015, SEC.29.