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2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-18. Indiana Interstate Bridge Fund

Sec. 18. (a) A special and distinct fund is created to be known as the Indiana interstate bridge fund. Such fund shall be:
(1) held in the name of the authority; and
(2) administered by the authority.
All expenditures therefrom shall be made by the authority.
(b) Except as provided in section 15 of this chapter, expenditures from the fund shall be made only for the purpose of:
(1) paying the cost of constructing or acquiring, by purchase or condemnation, highway bridges and the approaches thereto, which may be constructed or acquired by authority of this chapter; or
(2) paying the cost of enlarging, extending, or improving any such bridge or the approaches thereto.
The costs specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) shall include the expense of all engineering, architectural, legal, and other expert service rendered to the authority and other preliminary and incidental expenses. Such payments may be made as such costs are incurred or such services rendered.
(c) Any income from such fund or any part of the principal not pledged to the payment of bonds issued by the authority may be used for the purposes set forth in section 4 of this chapter, and the fund shall be reimbursed for any such expenditures out of the proceeds of any bonds issued for the construction or acquisition of any bridge on account of which such expenditures were made.
Formerly: Acts 1939, c.79, s.13a; Acts 1947, c.340, s.1; Acts 1963, c.274, s.2; Acts 1971, P.L.100, SEC.3. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.274; P.L.109-1983, SEC.45.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-19. Collection of Tolls; Reimbursement of Funds

Sec. 19. (a) Whenever any bridge is constructed or acquired under this chapter, and the cost thereof paid in whole or in part from the Indiana interstate bridge fund, it shall be the duty of the authority (except in the case of a bridge constructed or acquired under authority of section 21 of this chapter) to fix, maintain, and collect tolls for the use of such bridge from the time of the completion thereof in accordance with section 16 of this chapter.
(b) All revenues from a bridge in excess of those required by section 16 of this chapter shall be applied to reimbursement of the Indiana interstate bridge fund in the order and manner provided so that such funds may be fully reimbursed as rapidly as the revenues of such bridge permit.
Formerly: Acts 1939, c.79, s.13b; Acts 1947, c.340, s.2; Acts 1955, c.323, s.5. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.275; P.L.109-1983, SEC.46; P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-20. Bridge Revenue Bonds; Reimbursing Bridge Fund

Sec. 20. Subject to IC 8-9.5-8-8, the authority is authorized to issue from time to time its bridge revenue bonds for the purpose of reimbursing, in whole or in part, the Indiana interstate bridge fund and any other fund or funds of the state, for sums disbursed for the construction, acquisition, enlargement, extension, or improvement of a bridge under this chapter or for such purpose in combination with any one (1) or more of the purposes authorized by section 14 of this chapter. Such bonds shall be issued in the manner, shall be of the character, and shall be secured and paid as set out in section 14 of this chapter. The authority may sell such bonds in the manner provided in section 14 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1939, c.79, s.13c; Acts 1947, c.340, s.3; Acts 1955, c.323, s.6. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.276; P.L.109-1983, SEC.47.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-21. Bridges Substantially Funded by Other Governmental Agencies; Title

Sec. 21. (a) Whenever the authority shall construct or acquire a bridge under authority of section 2 of this chapter, and a substantial part of the cost of such construction or acquisition is contributed by:
(1) the government of the United States or any agency thereof;
(2) another state;
(3) any agency or authority existing under the laws of any other state; or
(4) any political or municipal subdivision thereof or any public corporation thereof;
then the authority is authorized to pay the share of the entire cost of such purchase or acquisition to be borne by it or by the state of Indiana from the Indiana interstate bridge fund. Any such bridge may be operated as a free bridge without the imposition of any tolls for the use thereof and no reimbursement need be made to the fund.
(b) The authority is authorized to enter into such contracts and agreements as it may deem necessary and proper in relation to the construction or acquisition of any such bridge with:
(1) the government of the United States or any agency thereof; or
(2) any other state, state agency or authority, or political or municipal subdivision or public corporation;
which shall so contribute to the cost of the construction or acquisition of any such bridge. Title to any such bridge shall be taken in the name of the state of Indiana and it shall be maintained by the authority.
Formerly: Acts 1939, c.79, s.13d; Acts 1947, c.340, s.4. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.277; P.L.109-1983, SEC.48.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-22. Jurisdiction of Authority

Sec. 22. The authority shall have no authority or jurisdiction over any bridge not constructed or acquired by it.
Formerly: Acts 1939, c.79, s.14. As amended by P.L.109-1983, SEC.49.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-25. Construction of Law

Sec. 25. Sections 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, and 11 of this chapter shall be construed as supplemental to any other statute and shall not repeal or affect any other section of this chapter except as specifically provided, and in the event of any conflict with any other section of this chapter, said other section shall govern and control.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.217, s.7. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.59.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-26. Bridge Constructed Under Chapter and Crossing Wabash River

Sec. 26. (a) This section applies only to a bridge that:
(1) was constructed under this chapter; and
(2) crosses the Wabash River.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a bridge subject to this section does not become a part of the system of state highways free of tolls or a tollway under IC 8-15-3 when bonds are retired and all funds fully reimbursed.
(c) Money collected for the use of a bridge subject to this section shall be allocated to the authority and used for the following purposes:
(1) Operation of the toll bridge facility.
(2) Maintenance of the toll bridge facility.
(3) A reserve fund for future toll bridges over the Ohio River to be located within the same county in which the bridge subject to this section is located.
As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-27. Bob Cummings Lincoln Trail Bridge at Cannelton

Sec. 27. (a) This section applies to the Bob Cummings Lincoln Trail Bridge at Cannelton.
(b) This subsection applies notwithstanding sections 16, 17.1, and 19 of this chapter. On January 1, 1988, without a deed of conveyance, the bridge becomes the property of the state, toll free, and a part of the state highway system.
(c) The department shall negotiate with Kentucky for the purpose of making an agreement for the maintenance of the bridge.
(d) The agreement described in this section must include the terms of the agreement set forth in the NINETEENTH provision of the interstate agreement entitled "AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OVER THE OHIO RIVER IN THE MAUCKPORT, INDIANA-BRANDENBURG, KENTUCKY AREA AND THE CANNELTON, INDIANA-HAWESVILLE, KENTUCKY AREA AND APPROACHES THERETO" (approved August 8, 1963), to the effect that when one (1) or both of the bridges described in the agreement become toll free, the costs of the maintenance program shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and fifty percent (50%) by the state of Indiana.
(e) The agreement described in this section must provide that the bridge shall be maintained through a program to preserve, repair, and restore the bridge with its elements to its original designed or accepted standard, and to offset the effects of weather, organic growth, deterioration (aging, material failure, design and construction faults), traffic wear, damage, and vandalism. The bridge's elements include such items as travelway surfaces, shoulders, roadsides, drainage, drainage facilities, signs, markings, lighting, and fixtures. The maintenance program must include bridge inspection, snow and ice removal, cleaning, painting, repairing, and replacement of rails, floors, stringers, and beams.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (b), after December 31, 1987, and until Indiana and Kentucky make an agreement as described in this section, the toll for an automobile is twenty-five cents ($0.25). The department shall set tolls for vehicles other than automobiles that are:
(1) at rates that when added to the revenue from automobile tolls will yield enough revenue to offset the operating costs of the bridge; and
(2) are proportionate to the tolls for vehicles other than automobiles that are in effect on April 1, 1987.
As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.18. Amended by P.L.18-1990, SEC.148.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 1. Operation and Financing of State Bridges to Adjoining States › 8-16-1-28. Matthew E. Welsh Toll Bridge at Mauckport

Sec. 28. (a) This section applies to the Matthew E. Welsh Toll Bridge at Mauckport.
(b) This subsection applies notwithstanding sections 16, 17.1, and 19 of this chapter. On July 1, 1992, without a deed of conveyance, the bridge becomes the property of the state, toll free, and a part of the state highway system.
(c) The department shall negotiate with Kentucky for the purpose of making an agreement for the maintenance of the bridge.
(d) The agreement described in this section must include the terms of the agreement set forth in the NINETEENTH provision of the interstate agreement entitled "AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OVER THE OHIO RIVER IN THE MAUCKPORT, INDIANA-BRANDENBURG, KENTUCKY AREA AND THE CANNELTON, INDIANA-HAWESVILLE, KENTUCKY AREA AND APPROACHES THERETO" (approved August 8, 1963), to the effect that when one (1) or both of the bridges described in the agreement become toll free, the cost of the program described in subsection (c) shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and fifty percent (50%) by the state of Indiana.
(e) The agreement described in this section must provide that the bridge shall be maintained through a program to preserve, repair, and restore the bridge with its elements to its original designed or accepted standard, and to offset the effects of weather, organic growth, deterioration (aging, material failure, design and construction faults), traffic wear, damage, and vandalism. The bridge's elements include such items as travelway surfaces, shoulders, roadsides, drainage, drainage facilities, signs, markings, lighting, and fixtures. The maintenance program must include bridge inspection, snow and ice removal, cleaning, painting, repairing, and replacement of rails, floors, stringers, and beams.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (b), after June 30, 1992, and until Indiana and Kentucky make an agreement as described in this section, the bridge is not toll free and the rates in effect on June 30, 1992, continue to be in effect.
As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.19. Amended by P.L.18-1990, SEC.149.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-0.5. Applicability

Sec. 0.5. This chapter does not apply to a project under IC 8-15.5 or IC 8-15.7 that is located within a metropolitan planning area (as defined by 23 U.S.C. 134) and that connects the state of Indiana with the commonwealth of Kentucky.
As added by P.L.85-2010, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-1. Authority to Construct Bridges

Sec. 1. The department is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to construct a highway bridge over and across any river or other stream forming the boundary-line between the state of Indiana and any state adjoining the state of Indiana, notwithstanding the waters of such rivers or streams may not at all times extend to or reach such boundary-line, whenever such bridge or any part thereof, including the approaches thereto as a part thereof, will be within the state of Indiana and will directly connect any state or interstate highway in existence or to be constructed within the state of Indiana with any interstate or other public highway in existence or to be constructed in such adjoining state, and although such river or stream may be located either partially or wholly within the territorial limits of such adjoining state; and that, in constructing and maintaining any such bridge, including the approaches thereto as a part thereof, and in providing the necessary personal and real property and easements in real property which may be required for the proper, effective and convenient location, construction and operation of any such bridge, the department is hereby authorized and empowered to use and expend so much of the funds provided, or to be provided, by law for its use as may be found by it to be reasonably necessary for such purposes.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.1. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.279.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-2. Federal Consent to Construct Bridge

Sec. 2. Any such bridge may be so constructed across and over any such river or other stream at any point determined upon and designated by the department, but only with the consent and approval of and subject to the regulations of the proper authorities of the United States having jurisdiction in such matters, whenever such jurisdiction of the United States exists, and with the consent and approval of the proper authorities of such adjoining state or of the United States; and express authority is hereby conferred upon the department to build any necessary part of any such bridge, including the approaches thereto as a part thereof, within the territorial limits of any such adjoining state and for that purpose to utilize any location or right of way provided by such adjoining state, within its boundaries, if such location and right of way be so provided; and if the United States or such adjoining state, or any duly constituted agency of either, shall acquire the necessary personal and real property and easements in real property situate in such adjoining state and suitable for use in the proper, effective and convenient location, construction and operation of such bridge, then and in that event the department is hereby authorized and empowered to take over and acquire, by contract or agreement, and make use of such personal and real property and easements in real property so situate in such adjoining state for the necessary purposes of the effective and convenient location, construction and operation of such bridge, and if unable to procure the necessary personal and real property and easements in real estate in such adjoining state by contract or agreement, after reasonable effort in that direction, then the department shall have the right and it is hereby authorized to take, in the name and on behalf of the state of Indiana, such proceedings for condemnation of such necessary personal and real property and easements in real property in such adjoining state as may be permitted or provided for by the laws of such adjoining state or by the laws of the United States.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.2. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.280.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-3. Authority to Negotiate Construction of Bridges

Sec. 3. In addition to any and all other powers conferred upon it by this chapter, the department is hereby expressly authorized to negotiate with the proper authorities of any such adjoining state, and to contract for and procure the right to build, maintain and operate such bridge upon that part of any site which may be selected therefor and which shall lie within the boundaries of such adjoining state.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.3. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.281.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-4. Estimates of Construction Costs; Issuance of Bonds

Sec. 4. If the department shall, in its discretion, determine to construct any such bridge as in this chapter provided for, in accordance with the authority conferred by this chapter, the department shall ascertain and estimate, as nearly as is practicable, the probable cost of the location and construction of such bridge, including the approaches thereto as a part thereof, and including also in said estimated cost the cost of acquiring all necessary personal and real property and easements in real property, and shall certify the amount of such estimated cost, together with a copy of its order expressing its determination to construct such bridge, to the county auditor of that county in Indiana in which such bridge, or any part thereof, considering the approaches thereto as a part thereof, is located; and thereupon such county, by and through its board of county commissioners, by appropriate resolution and order, shall forthwith issue and execute the negotiable bonds of such county, with proper interest coupons attached thereto, in an amount equal to one-fourth of such estimated cost of the location and construction of such bridge: Provided, That no county shall issue its bonds under the provisions of, or for any of the purposes contemplated in, this chapter in any amount in excess of one percent (1%) of the adjusted value of the taxable property within such county as determined under IC 36-1-15.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.4. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.282; P.L.6-1997, SEC.135.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-6. Bond Sales

Sec. 6. When so executed, such bonds shall be sold as now provided by law for the sale of other county bonds, except that, in addition to any other notice required by law, such bonds shall be advertised in a public newspaper of general circulation published at the city of Indianapolis, Indiana; and the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds shall be forthwith paid over by the county treasurer of such county to the treasurer of state of the state of Indiana, and shall become a part of the state highway funds of said state, to be used in the construction of such bridge and for no other purpose: Provided, That if the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds shall amount to more than one-fourth of the actual cost of the construction of such bridge, the excess of such proceeds over and above one-fourth of the actual cost of the construction of such bridge shall, at the completion of such bridge, be repaid by the treasurer of state of the state of Indiana to such county and shall be used by such county in the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon and for no other purpose: Provided, further, That if, for any cause whatsoever, all or any part of said proceeds derived from the sale of any such bonds of such county shall not be actually used in the construction of such bridge, all of said proceeds not so used shall be repaid to such county and shall be used by it in the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon and for no other purpose; and if, at any time, the completion of any such bridge shall be abandoned, or shall be permanently or perpetually enjoined by decree of any court, from which no appeal is taken within the time of appeal allowed by law, and thereafter prosecuted with due diligence, or if the completion of such bridge be rendered impracticable by natural causes or otherwise, then in any such event all funds derived from the sale of county bonds hereunder and placed with the treasurer of state, as herein provided, to be used as a part of the state highway funds of the state in the construction of such bridge, and not so used, shall thereupon, together with any and all depository interest which shall have accrued on such fund while in the possession of the treasurer of state, be returned at once by the treasurer of state to the said county, and shall be used by it in payment of such bonds so issued by it as aforesaid and the interest thereon and for no other purpose.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-7. Tax Levy

Sec. 7. For the purpose of raising money to pay said bonds and interest thereon, as provided in this chapter, the proper officers of every county issuing bonds under authority of this chapter shall, as soon as said bonds are sold and annually thereafter at the time the general tax levy is made, levy a tax, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied by such county, upon the property within said county subject to taxation, in such manner as to meet the principal and interest of said bonds as they become due, and such tax shall be levied and collected as other taxes are levied and collected, and shall be applied to the payment of such bonds and interest provided, that if any other funds provided by law for the payment of said bonds and interest shall come to the hands of the proper officer of said county and be available for payment on said bonds and interest, the tax in this section provided for may be abated to the extent only that such other funds provided by law may be actually available for payment of such bonds and interest at the time for making any such annual tax levy.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.7. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.60.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-8. Receipts From Bond Sale

Sec. 8. Upon receipt by the treasurer of state of the state of Indiana of the proceeds of the sale of any such county bonds as may be issued hereunder, such proceeds shall become a part of the state highway funds, subject only to the provisions and limitations as to repayment thereof in this chapter contained, and the department shall thereupon construct such bridge and the cost thereof shall be paid out of state highway funds.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.8. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.283.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-9. Bridge Maintenance

Sec. 9. Such bridge shall be maintained by the department as other highway bridges are maintained by it, and the cost of such maintenance shall be paid out of the state highway funds, except as herein otherwise provided; but no part of the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued by any county hereunder shall ever be used for such maintenance.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.9. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.284.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-10. Dedication of Bridges

Sec. 10. Any and every bridge which may be constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall be and hereby is dedicated as an instrument of interstate commerce for the equal use of all citizens of the United States and of any other persons who may be entitled to the use thereof.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.10. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.61.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-11. Tolls

Sec. 11. If and when authority so to do shall be granted and conferred by appropriate legislation by the Congress of the United States, the department shall charge toll, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, for the use of any bridge constructed under the provisions of this chapter; and the department shall fix and establish the rates of toll to be paid for the use of such bridge, and for such purpose shall have authority to classify the users of such bridge into reasonable classes and to fix the rates of toll accordingly: Provided, however, That such right to charge toll, and also said rates of toll and the classification of the users of such bridge so fixed and established, shall be subject to the approval and control of the proper authorities of the United States, as provided by the acts of congress providing for the supervision or regulation of the taking of tolls over interstate bridges.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.11. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.285.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-12. Toll Gates and Toll Collectors' Houses; Toll Collector's Bond

Sec. 12. The department shall erect upon, or adjacent to, any and every such bridge or its approaches, and within the territorial limits of the state of Indiana, all necessary and convenient toll-gates and toll-collectors' houses, and shall employ all necessary toll-collectors, who shall each, before entering upon the performance of his duties, execute his bond, payable to the state of Indiana, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with surety to the approval of the department, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such toll-collector and that he will faithfully account for and pay over according to law all moneys that may come to his hands as such toll-collector. All tolls collected by said toll-collectors shall be deposited daily in some state depository designated by the department to the credit of the treasurer of state of the state of Indiana as a toll fund to be used and disbursed as provided for in this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.12. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.286.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-13. Toll Collectors; Employment and Compensation

Sec. 13. Such toll-collectors shall be selected, employed and paid in the same manner as other employees of the department are selected, employed and paid: Provided, That they shall be paid only out of said toll fund and their wages shall not be a charge upon the general funds of the department. Said toll-collectors shall be subject to the complete control of the department and to such regulations as it may prescribe governing their duties.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.13. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.287.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-14. Powers of Toll Collector

Sec. 14. Every toll-collector shall, by virtue of his employment, and while in the discharge of his duties, have full and complete police power, and shall be authorized to make arrests without a warrant for any violation in Indiana of the criminal laws of the state of Indiana, occurring in his presence.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-15. Failure to Pay Toll

Sec. 15. It is a Class C infraction for a person to pass by any toll-gate established by the department in accordance with this chapter without the payment of the proper toll as prescribed by the department. It is a Class C infraction for a toll-collector to knowingly permit any person to pass such a toll-gate without the payment of the toll.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.15. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.856; Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.288; Acts 1981, P.L.108, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-16. Rules and Regulations; Posting

Sec. 16. The department shall have the right to make all reasonable rules and regulations governing the use of such bridge which are consistent with the provisions of this chapter and with the laws of the state of Indiana, and with the laws of such adjoining state, and with any laws or regulations of the United States, applicable to the use of such bridges. It shall be the duty of the department to cause to be placed in full view, in legible and large letters, upon or in each of the tollhouses established by it upon said bridge or its approaches, all such rules and regulations adopted by it in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and also the toll rates adopted for the use of such bridge.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.16. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.289; P.L.1-2009, SEC.71.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-17. Toll Receipts

Sec. 17. The moneys derived from tolls taken for the use of such bridge shall be applied first to the payment of the expense of collecting such tolls. The net amount of such toll fund remaining after the payment of the expense of collecting such tolls shall be divided equally between the state of Indiana and the county in said state which has issued bonds in aid of the bridge from which the tolls were derived until each of said state and said county has received back an amount equal to the amount contributed by the county to the said bridge, together with interest thereon up to the time of repayment; and such net toll shall be used for no other purpose. Payment of such net toll shall be made semiannually, and it is hereby made the duty of the officer having custody of such net tolls to pay to such county its share thereof, ascertained as aforesaid, and to the state of Indiana its share thereof, ascertained as aforesaid, and all amounts so paid to such county shall be used by such county, when so received, in payment of its said bonds and interest so long as any of said bonds and interest remain outstanding and unpaid. All depository interest accruing on such fund, shall be added to and shall constitute a part of such fund.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-18. Retirement of Tolls

Sec. 18. Whenever such county, either from moneys derived from net tolls as aforesaid or from moneys paid by an adjoining state, or from both of such sources, shall have been repaid an amount equal to the amount of money contributed by such county to said state highway funds in aid of the construction of such bridge, including principal and interest, and when the state highway fund, either from money derived from net tolls as aforesaid, or from money paid by an adjoining state, or from both sources, shall have been paid an amount equal to the amount contributed by such county in aid of the construction of such bridge, plus interest thereon to the time of such repayment, then the right to take tolls on such bridge shall immediately cease and such bridge shall thereupon be declared to be and shall be a free bridge for use in interstate commerce between the state of Indiana and such adjoining state. In no event, however, shall tolls be collected for a longer period of time than is permitted by any law of congress now in force or hereafter enacted regulating the collection of tolls on interstate bridges.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.18.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-19. Contracts With Adjoining States

Sec. 19. In the discharge of its duties under the provisions of this chapter, the department, as the agent and representative of the state of Indiana and in the name of the state of Indiana, is hereby authorized and empowered, both before and during the construction of any such bridge and after the completion thereof, to cooperate with and enter into a contract or contracts with such adjoining state, acting through any proper authorities or agents representing such adjoining state, to provide for the payment by such adjoining state of such part of the costs of the construction of such bridge, not exceeding one-half thereof, as may be agreed upon in such contract; and in such contract to also agree upon and determine the time and manner of the making by such adjoining state of such payment or payments and all other details in connection therewith: Provided, That any moneys paid to the state of Indiana by any such adjoining state as such adjoining state's agreed part of the cost of construction of any such bridge shall be applied by said state of Indiana to reimburse the state of Indiana and any county of the state of Indiana that shall have issued its bonds under the provisions of this chapter to aid in the construction of such bridge up to the amount in each case which is equal to the amount provided by said county for such purpose, plus interest thereon up to the time of repayment thereof, so far as the money so provided was actually used in and about the construction of such bridge; and all moneys so received and applied to reimburse any such county as aforesaid shall be first applied by said county in payment of any of its said bonds issued as aforesaid under the provisions of this chapter and which are then still outstanding and unpaid, until such bonds and the interest accrued thereon shall be paid in full.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.19. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.290.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-20. Acknowledgment of Contributions by Other States

Sec. 20. Upon the payment by any such adjoining state of any part of the cost of the construction of such bridge, the department is hereby authorized and directed to issue, in the name of the state of Indiana, to such adjoining state, a proper certificate or instrument of transfer or acknowledgment evidencing the amount contributed by such adjoining state and transferring to it title to a corresponding interest in such bridge, and thereafter the title to such bridge shall be deemed to be vested jointly in the state of Indiana and the adjoining state so contributing to the cost of said bridge, and the interest of each thereof shall be deemed to be in proportion to the respective contributions so made by each one respectively.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.20. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.291.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-21. Maintenance Contracts With Other States

Sec. 21. The department is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to negotiate and contract with the proper authorities of such adjoining state in respect to the maintenance of any such bridge.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.21. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.292.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-22. Construction

Sec. 22. This chapter shall at all times be construed as supplemental to and in aid of all other statutes providing for the construction of highways and bridges.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.22. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.62.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-23. Appropriations and Authorizations

Sec. 23. No appropriation of money or authorization of any bonds contemplated in this chapter by the county council shall be required.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.23. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.63.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-24. Compliance With Other Laws

Sec. 24. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, any county shall have the right to proceed under this chapter without complying with any other existing statute in effect on May 16, 1927.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.24. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.64.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-25. Assumption of Debts

Sec. 25. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to authorize the state or the department to assume any debt or obligation of any county which may aid or assist in the construction of any bridge contemplated under this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.25. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.293.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 2. Interstate Toll Bridges › 8-16-2-26. Amendment of Chapter

Sec. 26. The general assembly hereby reserves the right to amend or modify this chapter at any time that such amendment or modification may be deemed just and proper.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.10, s.26. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.65.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund › 8-16-3-1. Authorization to Provide Fund

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding IC 8-18-8-5, all municipal corporations and county executives may provide a cumulative bridge fund to provide funds for the cost of construction, maintenance, and repair of bridges, approaches, and grade separations. However, in those counties in which a cumulative bridge fund has been established, the county executive is responsible for providing funds for all bridges, including those in municipalities, within the counties except those bridges on the state highway system. The county executive may use this fund for making county wide bridge inspection and safety ratings of all bridges in a county not on the state highway system. The inspection and safety ratings shall meet all the criteria of the National Bridge Inspection Standards promulgated by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation and shall be supervised and approved by a competent, qualified engineer, registered in the state.
Formerly: Acts 1951, c.299, s.1; Acts 1957, c.76, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.101, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.72, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.113, SEC.1; P.L.86-1988, SEC.18; P.L.17-1995, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund › 8-16-3-1.5. Definitions

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Bridge" means any structure designed to carry vehicular traffic over or under an obstacle to the normal flow of traffic and including any grade separation, culvert, or approach to a bridge.
(2) "Approach" means any part of a road or street which is required to make a bridge a viable part of a county road or city street system but which does not extend more than five hundred (500) feet from the bridge.
(3) "Construction" means both construction and reconstruction to a degree that new, supplementary, or substantially improved traffic service is provided and significant geometric or structural improvements are affected.
(4) "Cost" means all expenditures required to construct, maintain, or repair a bridge, including engineering, equipment, land acquisition, materials, contracts, and bond interest.
(5) "Municipal corporation" means a city or town.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.113, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.8-1989, SEC.54; P.L.104-1993, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund › 8-16-3-2. Repealed

Formerly: Acts 1951, c.299, s.2. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.56; P.L.86-1988, SEC.19. Repealed by P.L.17-1995, SEC.45.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund › 8-16-3-3. Tax Levy

Sec. 3. (a) To provide for the cumulative bridge fund, county executives and municipal legislative bodies may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation of all taxable personal and real property within the county or municipality.
(b) The tax, when collected, shall be held in a special fund to be known as the bridge fund.
(c) An appropriation from the bridge fund may be made without the approval of the department of local government finance if:
(1) the county executive requests the appropriation; and
(2) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or grade separations.
Formerly: Acts 1951, c.299, s.3; Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.24-1986, SEC.33; P.L.86-1988, SEC.20; P.L.118-1989, SEC.1; P.L.17-1995, SEC.9; P.L.6-1997, SEC.136; P.L.90-2002, SEC.322.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund › 8-16-3.1-0.5. Definitions

Sec. 0.5. The definitions set forth in IC 8-16-3-1.5 apply throughout this chapter.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.264.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund › 8-16-3.1-0.7. "Double Tracking"

Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "double tracking" means a railway running two (2) bidirectional tracks. The term includes a railway:
(1) with a double track that can be signaled to run in a single direction; and
(2) with a double track that can be signaled into one (1) track to provide clearance as needed.
As added by P.L.229-2017, SEC.32; P.L.248-2017, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund › 8-16-3.1-1. "Eligible County"

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "eligible county" means a county that has:
(1) a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); and
(2) a major obstruction between commercial or population centers which is capable of causing an economic hardship because of excess travel required to conduct a normal level of commerce between the two (2) centers.
A major obstruction which is a part of a county boundary or a state boundary does not qualify for the purpose of this chapter.
(b) As used in this chapter, "major bridge" means the following:
(1) A structure that is two hundred (200) or more feet in length and that is erected over a depression or an obstruction for the purpose of carrying motor vehicular traffic or other moving loads. However, the structure shall be one hundred (100) or more feet in length in a city having any of the following populations:
(A) More than sixty-five thousand (65,000) and less than seventy thousand (70,000).
(B) More than sixty thousand (60,000) and less than sixty-five thousand (65,000).
(C) More than thirty-one thousand (31,000) and less than thirty-one thousand five hundred (31,500).
(2) An underpass of any length that is designed to carry motor vehicle traffic or other moving loads.
(c) As used in this chapter, "major obstruction" means a physical barrier to the passage of motor vehicle traffic that inhibits the use of the customary highway construction techniques to bridge the barrier without use of a grade separation structure.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.96, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.28; P.L.86-1988, SEC.21; P.L.12-1992, SEC.65; P.L.61-1992, SEC.1; P.L.1-1993, SEC.50; P.L.170-2002, SEC.67; P.L.119-2012, SEC.96; P.L.11-2023, SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund › 8-16-3.1-5. Appropriations From the Allen County Major Bridge Fund

Sec. 5. An appropriation from the major bridge fund in Allen County may be made without the approval of the department of local government finance if:
(1) the county executive adopts a resolution finding that the county does not need to continue accumulating money in the fund for the construction of a major bridge;
(2) the county executive requests the appropriation; and
(3) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or grade separations with respect to structures other than major bridges.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.266.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties › 8-16-3.5-1. Contracts of Lease; Taxpayers' Petitions

Sec. 1. (a) A county may lease a bridge and pay the lease rental from the cumulative bridge fund and levy under IC 8-16-3.
(b) A contract of lease may not be entered into unless there is first filed with the county executive a petition for a longer lease, signed by fifty (50) or more taxpaying citizens of the county, and the county executive has, after investigation, determined that a need exists for the bridge. The total annual dollar obligation under all contracts of lease for bridges made by a county may not exceed the county's estimated annual revenue from a cumulative bridge fund levy of twenty cents ($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) on all taxable personal and real property within the county.
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties › 8-16-3.5-2. Joint Leases

Sec. 2. If two (2) or more counties propose to enter into a lease contract jointly, then separate meetings of the county executives may be held, but no action taken shall be binding on any county unless approved by a majority of the county executives. Any lease contract executed by two (2) or more counties as joint lessees shall set out the amount of the aggregate lease rental to be paid by each county.
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 16. Bridges and Tunnels › Chapter 3.5. Leasing of Bridges by Counties › 8-16-3.5-3. Corporate Leases

Sec. 3. Any county may enter into a contract of lease under the provisions of this chapter with any (profit or not-for-profit) corporation organized under the laws of the state or duly admitted to do business in the state.
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.25.