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2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 19. Interstate High Speed Rail Compact › 8-3-19-2. Disbursements; Appropriations; per Diem; Reimbursement for Expenses

Sec. 2. (a) Should the disbursement of any funds be necessary to enable the Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council to perform its designated functions as described in section 1 of this chapter, said funds shall be appropriated from the high speed rail development fund.
(b) Each member of the Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council who is a representative from Indiana is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). Such a member is also entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties, as provided in the state travel policies and procedures established by the department of administration and approved by the budget agency.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.107, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.74-1990, SEC.1; P.L.83-1991, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 19. Interstate High Speed Rail Compact › 8-3-19-3. Notice of Withdrawal

Sec. 3. (a) Before January 1, 2024, the governor shall give notice under section 1 of this chapter (Article IV of the compact) to each other party state, if any, as required by the compact, that the state of Indiana withdraws from the compact, effective January 1, 2025.
(b) Before January 1, 2024, the governor shall certify to the legislative council one (1) of the following:
(1) That the notice of withdrawal has been given to each party state as is required by the compact.
(2) That notice was not required to be given because there are not any other party states to which to give notice.
As added by P.L.138-2023, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-1. Ratification

Sec. 1. The interstate rail passenger network compact is ratified, enacted, and entered into by the state of Indiana with all other states joining the compact in the form substantially as this chapter.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-2. Policy and Purpose

Sec. 2. It is the policy of the states party to this compact to cooperate and share the administrative and financial responsibilities concerning the operation of an interstate rail passenger network system connecting major cities in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. The participating states agree that a rail passenger system would provide a beneficial service and would be enhanced if operated across state lines.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-3. Rail Passenger Network Financial and Economic Impact Study

Sec. 3. (a) The states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida (referred to in this chapter as "participating states") agree, upon adoption of this compact by the respective states, to jointly conduct and participate in a rail passenger network financial and economic impact study. The study must do the following:
(1) Carry forward research previously performed by the national railroad passenger corporation (Amtrak) (report issued December 1990) and the Evansville Amtrak task force (report issued November 1990) that evaluated the "western route" (Chicago-Evansville-Nashville-Chattanooga-Macon-Waycross-Jacksonville) for purposes of evaluating a representative service schedule, train running times, and associated costs.
(2) Include consideration of the following:
(A) The purchase of railroad equipment by a participating state and the lease of the railroad equipment to Amtrak.
(B) The recommendation that a member of the council serve on the Amtrak board of directors.
(C) The periodic review of projected passenger traffic estimates on the western route.
(D) Any other matter related to the financial and economic impact of a rail passenger network along the western route.
(b) Information and data collected during the study under subsection (a) that is requested by a participating state or a consulting firm representing a participating state or the compact may be made available to the state or firm. However, the information may not include matters not of public record or of a nature considered to be privileged and confidential unless the state providing the information agrees to waive the confidentiality.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-4. Mutual Assistance

Sec. 4. The participating states agree to do the following:
(1) Make available to each other and to a consulting firm representing a participating state or the compact assistance that is available, including personnel, equipment, office space, machinery, computers, engineering, and technical advice and services.
(2) Provide financial assistance for the implementation of the feasibility study that is available.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-5. Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council

Sec. 5. The interstate rail passenger advisory council (referred to in this compact as the "council") is created. The membership of the council consists of three (3) individuals from each participating state. The governor, president pro tempore of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint one (1) member of the council.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-6. Duties of Council

Sec. 6. The council shall do the following:
(1) Meet within thirty (30) days after ratification of this agreement by at least two (2) participating states.
(2) Establish rules for the conduct of the council's business, including the payment of the reasonable and necessary travel expenses of council members.
(3) Coordinate all aspects of the rail passenger financial and economic impact study under section 3 of this chapter.
(4) Contract with persons, including postsecondary educational institutions, for performance of any part of the study under section 3 of this chapter.
(5) Upon approval of the study, determine the proportionate share that each state will contribute toward the implementation and management of the proposed restoration of the interstate rail passenger system along the western route.
(6) Make recommendations to each participating state legislature concerning the results of the study required by this chapter.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.134.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-7. Effective Date

Sec. 7. This compact becomes effective upon the adoption of the compact into law by at least two (2) of the participating states. Thereafter, the compact becomes effective for another participating state upon the enactment of the compact by the state.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-8. Withdrawal From Compact

Sec. 8. This compact continues in force with respect to a participating state and remains binding upon the state until six (6) months after the state has given notice to each other participating state of the repeal of this chapter. The withdrawal may not be construed to relieve a participating state from an obligation incurred before the end of the state's participation in the compact.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 3. Railroads Generally › Chapter 21. Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact › 8-3-21-9. Construction and Severability

Sec. 9. (a) This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the compact's purposes.
(b) The provisions of this compact are severable. If:
(1) a phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of a participating state or of the United States; or
(2) the applicability of this compact to a government, an agency, a person, or a circumstance is held invalid;
the validity of the remainder of this compact and the compact's applicability to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is not affected.
(c) If this compact is held contrary to the constitution of a participating state, the compact remains in effect for the remaining participating states and in effect for the state affected for all severable matters.
As added by P.L.58-1992, SEC.1.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-8. Directors; Elections; President and Other Officers; Appointment or Election

Sec. 8. In case it shall happen, at any time, that an election of directors shall not be made on the day designated by the bylaws of the company, when it ought to have been made, the company, for that reason, shall not be dissolved if, within ninety (90) days thereafter, they shall hold an election for directors in such manner as shall be provided by the bylaws of the company. There shall be a president of the company who shall be chosen by and from the directors, and also such subordinate officers as the company, by its bylaws, may designate, who may be elected or appointed, and required to give such security for the faithful performance of the duties of their offices as the company, by its bylaws, may require; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the stockholders from removing a president and electing another in his place in the manner prescribed in section 7 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.7. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.37.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-9. Stock Subscriptions; Demands for Payment

Sec. 9. It shall be lawful for the directors to call in and demand from the stockholders, respectively, any sums of money by them subscribed, in such payments or instalments as the directors shall deem proper, under the penalty of forfeiting the shares of stock subscribed for and all previous payments made thereon if payment shall not be made by the stockholders within thirty (30) days after personal demand, or notice, requiring such payment, shall have been made in each county through which such road shall be laid out in which a newspaper shall be published: Provided, That subscriptions shall not be required to be paid except in equal instalments of not more than ten (10) per cent a month.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-10. By-Laws; Officers and Employees; Appointment and Duties

Sec. 10. The directors of such company shall have power to make by-laws for the management and disposition of stock, property and business affairs of such company not inconsistent with the laws of this state, and prescribing the duties of officers, artificers, and servants, that may be employed, and for the appointment of all the officers for carrying on all business within the object and purposes of such company.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-11. Stock Certificates; Issuance and Transfer

Sec. 11. Each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate, signed by the president or a vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, certifying the number of shares of stock owned by him in the company; which shares shall be deemed personal estate, and shall be transferable in the manner prescribed in the by-laws of the company; but no shares shall be transferable until all previous calls thereon shall have been fully paid in, or the shares shall have been forfeited for the nonpayment of calls thereon. Where any such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or transfer clerk and by a registrar, the signature of any such president, vice-president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer upon such certificate may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. In case any such officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the company with the same effect as if such officer had not ceased to be such at the date of its issue. All certificates, including those heretofore issued, which are signed in facsimile, as authorized herein, shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if signed by the proper officers.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.10; Acts 1941, c.120, s.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-12. Certificate of Capitalization

Sec. 12. The president and a majority of the directors, within thirty (30) days after the payment of the last instalment of the capital stock so fixed and limited by the company, shall make a certificate, stating the amount of capital stock so fixed and paid in, which certificate shall be signed by the president and a majority of the directors, and sworn to by the president and secretary, and they shall, within the said thirty (30) days, file and record the same in the office of the secretary of state.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-13. Maps and Route Profile; Filing

Sec. 13. Every such company, before proceeding to construct a part of their road into or through any county named in its articles of association, shall make a map and profile of the route intended to be adopted by such company, which shall be certified by a majority of the directors, and filed in the office of the clerk of such county, for the inspection and examination of all parties interested therein.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-15. Eminent Domain; Right to Acquire Title

Sec. 15. If a rail carrier authorized under this chapter to exercise the power of eminent domain is unable to agree for the purchase of any real estate, in any county, required for the construction of the track, turn-outs and water stations, upon a demonstration of public use, it shall have the right to acquire the title to the same in the manner and by the special proceedings prescribed in this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.14. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.39; P.L.146-2017, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-17. Eminent Domain; Conflicting Claimants to Compensation; Judicial Determination

Sec. 17. If there are adverse or conflicting claimants to the money, or any part of it, to be paid as compensation for the real estate taken, the court may direct the money to be paid into the said court by the company, or take security for the same until it can determine who is entitled to the same, and shall direct to whom the same shall be paid, and may, in its discretion, order a reference, to ascertain the facts on which such determination and order are to be made.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-18. Eminent Domain; Court Appointed Attorney for Absentees or Persons Unknown

Sec. 18. The court shall appoint some competent attorney to appear for and protect the rights of any party in interest who is unknown, or whose residence is unknown, and who has not appeared in the proceedings by an attorney or agent. The court shall also have power, at any time, to amend any defect or informality in any of the special proceedings authorized by this chapter as may be necessary, or to cause new parties to be added, and to direct such further notice to be given to any party in interest, as it deems proper; and also to appoint other commissioners in the place of any who shall die or refuse or neglect or are unable to serve, or who may leave or be absent from the state.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.17. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.40.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-19. Eminent Domain; Stay of Proceedings; Perfecting Defective Title

Sec. 19. At any time after an attempt to acquire title by appraisal of damages or otherwise, if it shall be found that the title thereby attempted to be acquired is defective, the rail carrier may proceed anew to acquire or perfect the same in the same manner as if no appraisal had been made. At any stage of such new proceedings, the court may authorize the rail carrier, if in possession, to continue in possession, and, if not in possession, to take possession of and use such real estate during the pendency and until the final conclusion of such new proceedings; and may stay all actions and proceedings against the rail carrier, or any officer, agent or workman of the rail carrier, on account thereof, on the rail carrier paying into court a sufficient sum, as the court may direct to pay the compensation therefor when finally ascertained; and in every such case, the party interested in such real estate may conduct the proceedings to a conclusion, if the rail carrier delays or omits to prosecute the same.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.18. As amended by P.L.146-2017, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-20. Financing of Operations; Loans and Issue of Security

Sec. 20. A railroad may, from time to time, borrow such sums of money as they may deem necessary for completing or operating their railroad, and issue and dispose of their bonds for any amounts so borrowed, for such sums, and at such rate of interest as is allowed by the laws of the state where such contract is made, and mortgage their corporate property and franchises to secure the payment of any debt contracted by the railroad; and the directors of the railroad may confer on any holder of any bond issued for money borrowed as aforesaid the right to convert the principal due or owing thereon into stock of said company, at any time not exceeding fifteen (15) years from the date of said bond, under such regulations as the railroad may adopt; and the railroad may sell their bonds, either within or without this state, at such rates and prices as permitted by law, and such sales shall be as valid as if such bonds should be sold at par value.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.19. As amended by P.L.146-2017, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-21. Alteration in Lines

Sec. 21. If, at any time after the location of the track of such road, in whole or in part, and the filing of the map thereof, it shall appear to the directors of the railroad that the line thereof may be improved, such directors may, from time to time, alter the line, and cause a new map to be filed in the office where the map showing the first location is filed, and may thereupon take possession of the lands embraced in such new location that may be required for the construction and maintenance of such road on such new line, either by agreement with the owner or, if the railroad is a rail carrier, by such condemnation proceedings as are authorized under this chapter, and use the same in place of the line for which the new is substituted. But nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to confer upon any railroad already incorporated, any powers to locate its road on any route which would not have been authorized by the charters previously granted. And nothing in this chapter contained shall authorize the railroad to make a location of their track within any city without the consent of the common council of said city; nor shall the railroad have power so to change their road as to avoid any point named in their articles of association.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.21. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.41; P.L.146-2017, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-22. Railroad Crossings; Grade Separation

Sec. 22. Whenever the track of such railroad shall cross a road or highway, such road or highway may be carried under or over the track, as may be most expedient; and in cases where an embankment or cutting shall make a change in the line of such road or highway desirable, with a view to a more easy ascent or descent, the rail carrier may take such additional lands for the construction of such road or highway, or such new line, as may be deemed requisite by said directors. Unless the lands so taken shall be purchased or voluntarily given for the purposes aforesaid, compensation therefor shall be ascertained, in the manner in this chapter provided, as nearly as may be, and duly made by the rail carrier to the owners and persons interested in such lands; and the same, when so taken and compensation made, to become part of such intersecting road or highway, in such manner and by such terms as the adjacent parts of such highway may be held for highway purposes.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.22. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.42; P.L.146-2017, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-23. Public Lands; Acquisition; Location Upon Grounds of State Institutions

Sec. 23. If any corporation shall, for its purposes aforesaid, require any land belonging to the state or to any county or town, the general assembly and the county and town officers respectively having charge of such lands may grant such lands to such corporation upon such terms as shall be agreed upon; and if they shall not so agree, the same may be taken by the corporation in the same manner as provided in other cases. No railroad shall be located upon or across the grounds of the state occupied by the institutions for individuals who are:
(1) insane;
(2) blind; or
(3) deaf and without speech.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.23. As amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-24. Employees; Identification Badges

Sec. 24. Every conductor, baggagemaster, engineer, brakeman, or other servant of any such railroad corporation, employed on a passenger train or at stations for passengers, shall wear upon his hat or cap a badge, which shall indicate his office and the initialed letters of the style of the corporation by which he is employed. No collector or conductor, without such badge, shall demand or be entitled to receive from any passenger any fare, toll or ticket, or exercise any of the powers of his office; and no other of said officers or servants, without such badge, shall have any authority to meddle or interfere with any passenger or property.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 8. Utilities and Transportation › Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads › Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies › 8-4-1-25. State Lien for Penalties, Taxes, and Dues

Sec. 25. The state shall have a lien upon all railroads of such corporations and their appurtenances and stock in the railroads for all penalties, taxes and dues which may accrue to the state from such corporations; which lien of the state shall have precedence of all demands, judgments or decrees against said corporations. And the citizens of this state shall have a lien upon all personal property of said corporations, to the amount of one hundred dollars ($100), for all debts originally contracted within this state, which, after said lien of the state, shall take precedence of all other debts, demands, judgments or decrees, liens or mortgages against such corporations.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.26. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.87.