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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-3 - Weight limits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 3.
(a) The
				maximum gross weight for a Michigan train shall be one hundred twenty-seven
				thousand four hundred (127,400) pounds. Gross weight on any one (1) axle shall
				be twenty-two thousand four hundred (22,400) pounds. Axles measuring less than
				forty (40) inches between centers are considered one (1) axle.
(b) The maximum combined axle loads of any
				two (2) successive axles spaced more than forty (40) inches apart but less than
				nine (9) feet apart shall be thirty-six thousand (36,000) pounds. No such
				combination will be permitted to leave the toll road for travel upon the state
				highways of Indiana without a permit from the department of state revenue. The
				maximum gross weight and axle weights of vehicles leaving the toll road as
				singles to travel the public highways of Indiana must comply with Indiana state
				law.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-4 - Other dimensions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 4.
All other maximum dimensions of 135 IAC 2 for the control and
				  regulation of traffic on the toll road shall apply.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-5 - Permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 5.
Michigan train permits for specified one-way movements may be
				  obtained from the department of state revenue. The permits do not include the
				  rate indicator 7 toll, which must be paid as provided in the rules. For
				  information regarding Michigan train permits, contact the department of state
				  revenue.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-6 - Safety and performance requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2; IC 8-15.5-10
Affected: IC 8-15-2; IC 8-15.5
Sec. 6.
A responsible officer of the applicant shall certify to the
				  department or the authority, prior to the approval of truck-tractor, that the
				  vehicle proposed to be furnished and used for specified gross loads will comply
				  with and meet all minimum safety and performance factors of the department or
				  the authority. If it is determined, after the truck-tractor is engaged in the
				  Michigan train operation, that the vehicle cannot meet such requirements, the
				  truck-tractor shall not be used in trailer combination on the toll road until
				  corrective measures are taken to comply with the requirements of the department
				  or the authority.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-7 - Emergency equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-2.1-24; IC 8-15-2; IC 9-19
Sec. 7.
Each truck-tractor used in the Michigan train operation shall
				  be equipped at a minimum with emergency equipment as required by IC
				  8-2.1-24.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-8 - Structural strength

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 8.
Every vehicle used for towing other vehicles in trailer
				  combinations shall have sufficient structural strength to insure the safe and
				  secure attachment of any coupling device used to tow other vehicles.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-9 - Safety chains

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 9.
Every converter dolly shall be coupled with safety chain or
				  chains (stay chains or cables) directly to the frame of the semi-trailer by
				  which it is to be towed. Attachment to the pintle hook will not meet this
				  requirement. No more slack shall be left in safety chains or cables than shall
				  be necessary to permit proper turning. Chains or cables shall be so connected
				  to the dolly and towing vehicle and to the tow-bar as to prevent the tow-bar
				  from dropping to the ground in the event the tow-bar fails. The means of
				  attachment to both the towing and towed vehicles shall be capable of developing
				  the full capacity of the safety chains or cables. Each chain or cable shall
				  have an ultimate strength at least equal to the gross weight of the dolly and
				  trailer being towed.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-10 - Distance between units

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 10.
The distance between the rear of the first semi-trailer and
				  the front of the second trailer as coupled in combination shall not exceed nine
				  (9) feet.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-11 - Lights and reflectors

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-2.1-24; IC 8-15-2; IC 9-19-6
Sec. 11.
Each unit in a Michigan train combination shall be equipped
				  at a minimum with:
(1) electric lights;
				and
(2) reflectors;
mounted on the vehicle as required by IC 8-2.1-24 and IC
				  9-19-6.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-12 - Coupling devices

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 12.
Coupling devices shall be so designed, constructed and
				  installed, and the vehicles in a Michigan train combination shall be so
				  designed and constructed as to insure that any such combination traveling on a
				  level, smooth, paved surface will follow in the path of the towing vehicle
				  without shifting or swerving from side to side over three (3) inches to each
				  side of the path of the towing vehicle when it is moving in a straight
				  line.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-13 - Assembly of combinations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 13.
In the assembly of the Michigan train combinations prior to
				  their operation on the Indiana toll road, the permittee shall ascertain the
				  total gross weight of each trailer of the proposed combination. The permittee
				  shall couple them according to their gross weights with the heaviest trailer
				  coupled to the tractor and the lightest trailer in the rear.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-14 - Police inspection

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2; IC 8-15.5-10
Affected: IC 8-15-2; IC 8-15.5
Sec. 14.
Michigan train combinations are subject to inspection by a
				  police officer prior to initial movement by any newly authorized company. The
				  inspection is designed to instruct drivers in the proper use of make-up and
				  break-up areas and to satisfy the department or the authority that the
				  equipment meets the qualifications set forth in this section. Spot checks of
				  Michigan train combinations may be made periodically at the discretion of any
				  police officer.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-15 - Assembly areas

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2; IC 8-15.5-10
Affected: IC 8-15-2; IC 8-15.5
Sec. 15.
Michigan train combinations shall be made up and broken up on
				  the toll road only in special assembly areas designated for this purpose by the
				  department or the authority. All movements across traffic while entering or
				  leaving a make-up/break-up area shall be properly safeguarded.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-16 - Speed limits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 16.
Michigan train combinations shall comply with all existing
				  speed regulations. A minimum speed of forty-five (45) miles per hour must be
				  maintained on the toll road under normal conditions, except on entry and exit
				  ramps ( 135 IAC 2-2-1 ).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-17 - Assured clear distance

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 17.
A minimum distance of five hundred (500) feet shall be
				  maintained under normal conditions between Michigan train combinations and a
				  vehicle traveling in front of it in the same travel lane, except when passing
				  occurs.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-18 - Passing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 18.
(a) Michigan
				train combinations may pass another vehicle traveling in the same direction
				only if the speed differential will allow the Michigan train combination to
				complete the maneuver and return to the normal driving lane within a distance
				of one (1) mile.
(b) Michigan train
				combinations shall not pass another vehicle traveling the same direction within
				one (1) mile of any service area or interchange.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-19 - Temporary suspension of Michigan train permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2; IC 8-15.5-10
Affected: IC 8-15-2; IC 8-15.5
Sec. 19.
Permission to operate Michigan train combinations on the toll
				  road may be temporarily suspended by the department or the authority at any
				  time due to weather conditions, unfavorable road conditions, holiday traffic,
				  and any other emergency conditions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 8 - Michigan Train Operations › Section 8-20 - Applicability of other rules and regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 20.
Except as noted herein and in the Michigan train operation
				  permit, all rules and regulations for the control and regulation of traffic on
				  the toll road shall apply to the operation of trailer combinations on the toll
				  road.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 9 - Indiana Motor Vehicle Laws › Section 9-1 - Motor vehicle laws applicable

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 1.
Except as such may have been modified or amplified by 135 IAC
				  2, the terms and provisions of the motor vehicle laws of the state of Indiana
				  shall apply to the operator of a vehicle on the toll road the same as if said
				  operator was operating a vehicle on the public highways of the state of
				  Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 10 - Penalties; Severability; Savings › Section 10-2 - Severability provision

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2
Sec. 2.
If any rule or application of any rule is held invalid or
				  void, the invalidity or voidness affects the remainder of the authority's rules
				  only to the extent that the remainder is:
(1) so essentially and inseparately connected
				with, and so dependent on, the invalid or void provision or application that it
				cannot be presumed that the remainder would have been issued without the
				invalid or void provision or application; or
(2) incomplete and incapable of being
				executed without the invalid or void provision or application.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 10 - Penalties; Severability; Savings › Section 10-3 - Savings provision

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2-17; IC 8-15-2-17.2
Affected: IC 8-15-2-17.2
Sec. 3.
Unless the authority expressly states to the contrary, a rule
				  issued by the authority does not affect:
(1) rights or liabilities accrued;
(2) penalties incurred;
(3) crimes committed; or
(4) proceedings begun;
before the effective date of such rule. Those rights,
				  liabilities, penalties, crimes and proceedings continue, shall be imposed and
				  shall be enforced as if such rule had not been issued.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2.5 - PUBLIC-PRIVATE AGREEMENTS FOR INDIANA EAST-WEST TOLL ROAD › Rule 4 - Fees and Charges Related to Electronic Tolling System › Section 4-1 - Fees and charges related to electronic tolling system

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2; IC 8-15.5-7; IC 8-15.5-10
Affected: IC 8-15.5
Sec. 1.
(a)
				Notwithstanding 135 IAC 2.5-2-1 and 135 IAC 2.5-5-1, upon implementation of the
				electronic tolling system, the authority may:
(1) establish, collect, and enforce
				reasonable administration fees and reasonable fees to commence or appeal any
				dispute proceedings;
(2) establish
				reasonable interest rates to be charged on unpaid tolls and fees and collect
				interest charged as such rates;
(3)
				establish reasonable terms and conditions, including reasonable fees, for the
				registration and distribution of toll devices; and
(4) require reasonable security for the
				provision of any toll devices.
All revenues to be derived from the foregoing shall be deemed
				  to be toll revenues. The sole purpose of any fees or charges implemented
				  pursuant to this section shall be to enable the concessionaire to recover its
				  reasonable, out-of-pocket, and documented costs and expenses that are directly
				  incurred with respect to the items listed in subdivisions (1) through (4). The
				  amount of any such fees or charges shall not exceed the amount reasonably
				  necessary for the concessionaire to recover its reasonable, out-of-pocket, and
				  documented costs and expenses that are directly incurred with respect to the
				  items listed in subdivisions (1) through (4).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 2.5 - PUBLIC-PRIVATE AGREEMENTS FOR INDIANA EAST-WEST TOLL ROAD › Rule 5 - Eligible Electronic Transponder Users › Section 5-1 - Eligible electronic transponder users

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15-2; IC 8-15.5-7; IC 8-15.5-10
Affected: IC 8-15.5
Sec. 1.
(a) During
				the toll rebate period, the toll levels applicable to eligible electronic
				transponder users shall be the toll road rebate rates listed at
http://www.in.gov/ifa/files/ITRCC_Toll_Rates.pdf
.
(b) On the toll rebate period termination
				date, the tolls applicable to eligible electronic transponder users shall be
				the rates then in effect for all other class 2 users.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 3 - TOLL BRIDGES › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-16-1-12; IC 8-16-1-16
Affected: IC 8-16-1
Sec. 1.
As used in 135 IAC 3, the following words and terms shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or
				  different meaning or intent.
"Authority" means the Indiana toll finance authority.
"Automobile" means any self-propelled two (2) axle vehicle
				  designed for the transportation of people, including a bus with two (2) axles
				  and without dual rear wheels.
"Axle" means the common axis of rotation of one (1) or more
				  wheels, whether power driven or freely rotating, and whether in one (1) or more
				  segments and regardless of the number of wheels carried thereon.
"Bicycle" means any vehicle irrespective of the number of
				  wheels in contact with the ground which has the possibility of being foot
				  propelled.
"Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used
				  primarily as a farm implement for drawing farm machinery.
"Motorcycle" means every motorized vehicle designed to travel
				  on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground.
"Operator" means every person who drives, or is in actual
				  physical control of a vehicle upon a toll bridge or who is exercising control
				  over, or steering, a vehicle being towed or pushed by another vehicle.
"Pick-up-truck" means a self propelled, two (2) axle, four
				  (4) wheel vehicle with an open or covered bed.
"Toll" means the compensation to be paid for the privilege of
				  using a toll bridge or any portion thereof.
"Toll bridge" means any bridge under the jurisdiction of the
				  authority for which a schedule of tolls has been adopted and is currently in
				  effect.
"Truck" means any of numerous self-propelled vehicles
				  designed and used for heavy hauling.
"Vehicle" means every device (motorized or non-motorized) in,
				  upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon
				  a toll bridge.
"Wagon" means a vehicle without motive power that is designed
				  to be pulled by a motor vehicle and is constructed so that no part of its
				  weight rests on the towing vehicle.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 3 - TOLL BRIDGES › Rule 2 - Payment of Toll › Section 2-1 - Payment of toll

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-16-1-12; IC 8-16-1-16
Affected: IC 8-16-1
Sec. 1.
Every operator of a vehicle using a toll bridge shall pay the
				  toll prescribed by the authority, except when such use shall have been exempted
				  from such payment by the authority.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 3 - TOLL BRIDGES › Rule 2 - Payment of Toll › Section 2-2 - Wabash River Toll Bridge in Posey County

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-16-1-12; IC 8-16-1-16; IC 8-16-1-26
Affected: IC 8-16-1
Sec. 2.
On January 1, 1988, the following toll rates will become
				  effective for the Wabash River Toll Bridge in Posey County and will remain in
				  effect until changed by the authority or by statute:
WABASH RIVER TOLL BRIDGE IN POSEY COUNTY
						  TOLL SCHEDULE
VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION
TOLL RATE
NO.
DESCRIPTION
1
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK
.50
2
TWO AXLE TRUCK WITH DUAL REAR WHEELS
.70
3
THREE AXLE TRUCK
.95
4
FOUR AXLE TRUCK
1.20
5
FIVE AXLE TRUCK
1.45
6
SIX AXLE TRUCK
1.70
7
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK WITH ONE AXLE TRAILER
.75
8
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK WITH TWO AXLE TRAILER
1.00
9
MOTORCYCLE/BICYCLE
.30
10
NON-REVENUE VEHICLE
.00
11
ADDITIONAL AXLE
.25
12
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK* WITH COMMUTATION TICKET
4.00
* COMMUTATION TICKETS PRICED PER BOOK (10 TICKETS PER
				  BOOK)
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 3 - TOLL BRIDGES › Rule 2 - Payment of Toll › Section 2-3 - Bob Cummings Lincoln Trail Bridge at Cannelton

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-16-1-12; IC 8-16-1-16; IC 8-16-1-27
Affected: IC 8-16-1-27
Sec. 3.
On January 1, 1988, the following toll rates will become
				  effective for the Bob Cummings Lincoln Trial
[sic.]
Bridge at
				  Cannelton and will remain in effect until tolls are discontinued pursuant to IC
				  8-16-1-27:
BOB CUMMINGS LINCOLN TRAIL BRIDGE AT CANNELTON TOLL
						  SCHEDULE
NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION
TOLL RATE
DESCRIPTION
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK
.25
TWO AXLE TRUCK WITH DUAL REAR WHEELS
.40
THREE AXLE TRUCK
.60
FOUR AXLE TRUCK
.80
FIVE AXLE TRUCK
1.00
SIX AXLE TRUCK
1.20
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK WITH ONE AXLE TRAILER
.35
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK WITH TWO AXLE TRAILER
.45
FARM TRACTOR
.25
FARM TRACTOR WITH ONE WAGON
.35
FARM TRACTOR WITH TWO WAGONS
.45
MOTORCYCLES
.20
BICYCLES
.00
NON-REVENUE VEHICLE
.00
AUTOMOBILE/PICK-UP TRUCK* WITH COMMUTATION TICKET
2.50
* COMMUTATION TICKETS PRICED PER BOOK (10 TICKETS PER
				  BOOK)
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-23-2-1; IC 9-18-2-17; IC 9-21-3.5-9
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in this section apply throughout this article.
(b) "Administrative hearing" means an
				administrative hearing conducted in accordance with
				135 IAC 4-9-3 for the resolution
				of disputes on whether a toll is due and payable.
(c) "All-electronic tolling" means a system
				of toll assessment and collection while vehicles pass through tolling zones at
				highway speeds, using exclusively electronic toll collection and video tolling,
				without manual toll collection.
(d)
				"Authority" means the Indiana finance authority, a body politic and corporate
				created by Indiana pursuant to IC 4-4-11-4
[
IC
				4-4-11
was repealed by
				P.L.
				189-2018,
				SECTION
				3, effective July 1, 2018. See
IC
				5-1.2
.]
.
(e) "Away
				transponder" means transponders or tags issued by or on behalf of another
				tolling entity (other than the states' parties or the toll operator for the
				Ohio River Bridges Project) that may be used to pay a toll during a
				crossing.
(f) "Business rules"
				means a set of policies and procedures established from time to time by the
				tolling body pursuant to a toll policy agreement of the states' parties that
				defines how the toll transactions will be processed.
(g) "Chronic violator" means a violator with
				an unpaid balance of tolls and fees in excess of two hundred fifty dollars
				($250).
(h) "Commercial account"
				means a transponder account covering five (5) or more registered
				vehicles.
(i) "Crossing" means a
				vehicle transit on any of the Ohio River bridges, whether driven or towed,
				through a gantry or lane controller system for electronic toll collection or
				video tolling.
(j) "DMV" means the
				Indiana bureau of motor vehicles, the Indiana secretary of state, the Indiana
				department of revenue, the Kentucky division of motor vehicle licensing, and
				any department or agency of any other state with jurisdiction over vehicle
				registration.
(k) "Downtown
				crossing" means the portion of the Ohio River Bridges project that involves:
(1) reconstruction of and operational
				improvements to the Kennedy bridge;
(2) the interchange where I-64, I-65, and
				I-71 converge on the south side of the Kennedy bridge in downtown Louisville,
				Kentucky;
(3) the new downtown I-65
				bridge; and
(4) the reconstructed
				I-65 approach in Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 2 - Applicability; Bi-State Governance › Section 2-1 - Applicability; bi-state governance

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5-7; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
The states' parties have entered into various agreements
				  among each other with respect to development, tolling operations, and
				  governance of the Ohio River bridges, including a bi-state development
				  agreement, an interlocal cooperation agreement, and a toll policy agreement.
				  Pursuant to an interlocal cooperation agreement, a joint board and a tolling
				  body have been created and authorized to provide for the exercise of certain
				  shared powers of the states' parties with respect to the Ohio River Bridges
				  Project, including the power to establish tolls, using all-electronic tolling
				  for the Ohio River Bridges Project, the power to charge and collect tolls and
				  fees for administrative and operational expenses and for toll violations, the
				  power to utilize the services of a toll operator in connection with the Ohio
				  River Bridges Project and the power to enforce collection of tolls and fees by
				  the enforcement of infractions or violations or the institution of suits to
				  collect debts representing tolls and fees. It is understood that powers granted
				  to any of the states' parties as described in this article, or by law, may be
				  exercised pursuant to the interlocal agreement, at the direction of the joint
				  board or tolling body, by any of the states' parties, by the toll operator,
				  acting on behalf of the states' parties, or by all of the states'
				  parties.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 3 - Tolls › Section 3-1 - Tolls

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 9-18-2-17
Sec. 1.
Each crossing (other than an exempt crossing) shall result
				  in a toll, payable at the applicable toll rate. The registered owner of a
				  vehicle engaged in a crossing shall be responsible for payment of the toll.
				  Failure to pay the toll in a timely fashion will result in the imposition of
				  additional fees. Failure to pay tolls and fees will lead to a toll violation
				  and other enforcement actions as set forth in this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 4 - Toll Rates and Adjustments › Section 4-1 - Vehicle categories

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
(a) Toll
				rates shall be set and charged in accordance with different vehicle categories,
				as follows. Initially there will be three (3) categories as follows:
(1) Category 1 - passenger vehicle.
(2) Category 2 - medium vehicle.
(3) Category 3 - large vehicle.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 4 - Toll Rates and Adjustments › Section 4-2 - Variations and adjustments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 2.
(a) Within
				each vehicle category, different toll rates may be set and charged depending on
				the method of payment of tolls, whether by transponder account, registered
				video account, or unregistered video tolling. No manual or cash options for
				toll payment will be available on the Ohio River Bridges Project.
(b) For category 1, the following toll rate
				variations may be available:
(1) Frequent user
				discount.
(2) Registered
				transponder account.
(3) Registered
				video tolling account.
(4)
				Unregistered video tolling.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 5 - Transponders and Transponder Accounts › Section 5-1 - Home transponders

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
The toll operator or the states' parties may charge a fee
				  for the acquisition of a home transponder. The type of transponder acquired by
				  a motorist will not affect the applicable toll rates to be
				  charged.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 5 - Transponders and Transponder Accounts › Section 5-2 - Home transponder accounts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 2.
Accounts for motorists with home transponders may include
				  multiple transponders and multiple vehicles, as established in the business
				  rules. Accounts shall only apply to vehicles in the same vehicle category.
				  Certain home transponders may be limited to use by a single vehicle while
				  others may be authorized for multiple vehicles, as established in the business
				  rules from time to time.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 5 - Transponders and Transponder Accounts › Section 5-3 - Places to obtain transponders

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 3.
Home transponders may be obtained, and transponder accounts
				  may be opened, at any customer service center, designated retail facility, or
				  outlet operated by the toll operator, or online from the toll operator or the
				  states' parties.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 5 - Transponders and Transponder Accounts › Section 5-4 - Prefunded transponder accounts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 4.
In order to encourage the creation of transponder accounts
				  and the use of home transponders by motorists, the lowest toll rate will be
				  offered within each vehicle category to owners of transponder accounts.
				  Transponder accounts must be prefunded, as provided in the business rules. A
				  crossing by a motorist using a home or away transponder with a valid prefunded
				  home or away transponder account will result in the automatic electronic debit
				  of the toll against the transponder account balance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 5 - Transponders and Transponder Accounts › Section 5-5 - Types of home transponders

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 5.
The following two (2) types of home transponder accounts may
				  be established:
(1) Private accounts
				intended primarily for category 1 vehicles.
(2) Commercial accounts available for all
				vehicle categories.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 5 - Transponders and Transponder Accounts › Section 5-6 - Frequent user discount

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 6.
An owner of a private account and the holder of an away
				  transponder may qualify for the frequent user discount through frequency of
				  usage. No frequent user discount is available to owners of commercial
				  accounts.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 5 - Transponders and Transponder Accounts › Section 5-7 - Standard transponder account program

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 7.
All owners of private accounts that meet or do not meet the
				  conditions of a frequent user discount program and all owners of commercial
				  accounts must participate in the applicable standard transponder account
				  program.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 6 - Video Tolling › Section 6-1 - No transponder reading

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
Crossings not recorded from a home transponder or away
				  transponder, and for which no currently valid transponder account is associated
				  with the vehicle license plate number, shall be subject to video tolling at the
				  then applicable toll rates for the applicable vehicle category. Crossings using
				  a valid transponder account for which a transponder reading is not obtained may
				  be charged a toll at the higher registered video toll rate as provided in the
				  business rules.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 6 - Video Tolling › Section 6-2 - Evidence of crossing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 2.
(a) A
				crossing shall be evidenced, in addition to a crossing recorded by a
				transponder reading, by video or photographic captures of license plate images
				using a license plate recognition system, or such other method as may be
				technologically reliable, which shall be compared by the toll operator (or its
				agents) against the license plate and registration databases available to the
				toll operator.
(b) License plate
				images may be captured through license plate cameras (both front and rear
				enforcement cameras) mounted in toll gantries, and otherwise as
				appropriate.
(c) License plate
				images may be stored electronically. Images may be processed using an optical
				character recognition technique or human image review.
(d) License plate images shall be cross
				checked by the toll operator with license plates on file for registered video
				tolling accounts. If necessary, the toll operator will request a look-up from
				the applicable DMV or other available sources.
(e) If the motorist does not have a
				registered video tolling account, or such account is not sufficiently
				prefunded, an initial toll invoice will be sent in a timely fashion to the
				motorist for the identified vehicle engaged in a crossing in accordance with
				135 IAC 4-9-1.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 6 - Video Tolling › Section 6-3 - License plate searches

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 3.
(a) The
				states' parties will make such databases for vehicles registered in the
				respective states available (or cause their respective DMV to make available)
				to the toll operator for license plate searches on a daily basis or otherwise
				as set forth in the business rules or in an agreement with the DMV.
(b) The states' parties will use their best
				efforts to enter into (or cause the toll operator on behalf of such entities to
				enter into) reciprocal agreements with other states allowing for license plate
				and registration searches on a basis sufficiently frequent to allow for
				efficient identification of vehicles registered in states other than Kentucky
				and Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 7 - Registered Video Accounts › Section 7-1 - Registered video accounts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
(a) In
				recognition of the need for alternatives to transponder accounts, motorists may
				register vehicles for registered video tolling accounts in accordance with the
				procedures set forth in the business rules, which shall provide for
				registration of the identity of the motorist, license plate information,
				vehicle identification number or numbers, address, and other contact
				information, and shall be either prefunded or include expedited payment
				mechanisms.
(b) Registered video
				tolling accounts may include multiple vehicles, as established in the business
				rules.
(c) Tolls shall be charged
				to the owner of the registered video tolling account upon license plate look-up
				based on video or photographic captures of license plate information using a
				license plate recognition system or such other method as may be technologically
				reliable.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 8 - Fees › Section 8-1 - Fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
(a) Fees may
				be established in connection with:
(1)
				collection activities in amounts designed to reflect increased costs of
				collection and to encourage use of transponders; and
(2) toll violations, including prosecution
				thereof.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 8 - Fees › Section 8-2 - Schedule of fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 2.
A schedule of fees shall be established from time to time by
				  the tolling body. Fees currently in effect shall be posted online. A schedule
				  of the then currently applicable tolls and fees shall be made available by the
				  toll operator to any member of the public on request.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 9 - Other Video Tolling Procedures › Section 9-1 - Invoices

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
(a) After
				identification of the motorist with respect to a vehicle that has made a
				crossing without a prepaid transponder account and for which no registered
				video tolling account exists, the toll operator shall send an initial invoice
				notice for the unpaid toll, specifying a due date not later than thirty (30)
				days after the date the invoice is received, in accordance with the
				specifications of the business rules. The invoice shall provide evidence of the
				location, date, and time of the crossing, shall provide notice to the motorist
				of the opportunity for an administrative hearing to dispute the facts regarding
				whether the motorist has engaged in a crossing for which a toll is owed, and
				shall provide notice that failure to pay the toll when due shall lead to the
				imposition of fees, as provided in the business rules. The invoice shall also
				notify the motorist of the availability of lower cost registered video tolling
				accounts and transponder accounts. Deficiencies in the form of the invoice
				shall not absolve the motorist from the obligation to pay the toll.
(b) If a toll is not paid by its due date, a
				second invoice notice of toll due may be sent, specifying a due date not later
				than thirty (30) days after the date the second invoice is received, and
				notifying the motorist that failure to pay the toll when due will result in the
				imposition of fees as well as the amount thereof.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 9 - Other Video Tolling Procedures › Section 9-2 - Failure to pay

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 2.
Failure of a motorist to pay a toll by an applicable due
				  date shall result in the imposition of fees. Fees may be based on either the
				  number of tolls owed or the number of invoices. The toll operator shall send an
				  invoice (in accordance with the procedures set forth in the business rules) to
				  the motorist setting forth past due tolls and accrued fees, which shall specify
				  a payment due date not more than thirty (30) days after transmittal of the
				  invoice. The invoice notice shall inform the motorist that failure to pay all
				  amounts due may result in additional fees and further collection and
				  enforcement activities in accordance with this rule and
				  135 IAC 4-10.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 9 - Other Video Tolling Procedures › Section 9-3 - Disputes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 3.
(a) If a
				motorist receiving an invoice notice pursuant to section 1 of this rule elects
				to dispute the assertion that a toll is due, the motorist may request an
				administrative hearing in accordance with the procedures noted in the invoice
				notice. The administrative hearing shall be convened and conducted in
				accordance with KRS Chapter 13B (or corresponding provisions of Indiana law, if
				any).
(b) The sole purpose of an
				administrative hearing is to resolve factual disputes over whether the motorist
				owes a toll.
(c) A motorist who
				receives an invoice may dispute the toll only on the basis:
(1) that the license plate was
				misidentified;
(2) that the
				motorist was incorrectly identified as the registered owner of the
				vehicle;
(3) that the vehicle shown
				in the image is not the vehicle to which the license plate has been
				assigned;
(4) that the vehicle
				engaged in the crossing had been sold, transferred or stolen at the time of the
				crossing; or
(5) that the vehicle
				class has been misidentified.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 10 - Further Enforcement Procedures › Section 10-1 - Toll violation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
Failure to pay a toll by the date set in the second invoice
				  notice described in
				  135 IAC 4-9-1(b)
				   shall result in the declaration of a toll
				  violation and the issuance by the toll operator on behalf of the states'
				  parties of a violation notice therefor. Violation notices may be declared under
				  any applicable statutes. Outstanding tolls and fees specified in a violation
				  notice shall be due and payable not more than thirty (30) days after receipt of
				  the violation notice. Continued failure to pay a violation notice in a timely
				  manner shall result in additional enforcement activities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 10 - Further Enforcement Procedures › Section 10-2 - Notification to motor vehicle department

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 9-18-2-17
Sec. 2.
(a) The toll
				operator will notify the DMV of the state in which the motorist has registered
				the vehicle of the occurrence of the toll violation and that outstanding tolls
				and fees remain due and payable. The toll operator will request the applicable
				DMV to impose a hold on renewal of vehicle registration (or to suspend vehicle
				registration if permitted under applicable state law) or withhold vehicle
				registration renewal until payment is made in full of all outstanding tolls and
				fees.
(b) The toll operator shall
				make available to the states' parties the following information in connection
				with the request described in subsection (a):
(1) The photographic evidence of crossing and
				additional information regarding date, time, and place.
(2) A report whether an administrative
				hearing was requested in accordance with
				135 IAC 4-9-3 and the
				invoice.
(3) Evidence in the form
				of a computer record of license plate look-up identifying the registered
				owner.
(4) Evidence in the form of
				a computer record of transmittal of invoices including violation
				notices.
(5) The results of any
				administrative hearing.
(6) Tolls
				and fees currently due and payable, which shall be periodically updated by the
				toll operator until payment in full is made.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 10 - Further Enforcement Procedures › Section 10-3 - Collection agencies

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 3.
The states' parties and the toll operator may engage
				  collection agencies to pursue collection of outstanding tolls and fees and may
				  authorize the collection agency to assess reasonable additional charges against
				  the toll violators for the collection of tolls and fees.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 10 - Further Enforcement Procedures › Section 10-4 - Chronic violators

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 4.
The toll operator will periodically notify the states'
				  parties of chronic violators, and request further enforcement actions by each
				  state against violators from each state (and others as the joint board or
				  tolling body shall determine) in accordance with applicable state laws or
				  reciprocal agreements, including suits for collection of debts, prosecutions in
				  state courts, instructions or requests to state police departments to stop and
				  detain violators and issue citation or a summons to appear before a court or an
				  authorized traffic violations bureau and other available collection remedies
				  and enforcement actions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 10 - Further Enforcement Procedures › Section 10-5 - Reciprocal agreements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 5.
The states' parties will use their best efforts to enter
				  into (or to cause the toll operator on behalf of such entities) to enter into
				  reciprocal agreements with other states allowing for additional enforcement
				  mechanisms for the efficient collection of tolls and fees incurred by residents
				  of states other than Indiana and Kentucky.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 11 - Exempt Crossings › Section 11-1 - Exempt crossings

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
No toll shall be owed by the Transit Authority of River City
				  as a result of crossings by eligible vehicles or by the registered owner of
				  eligible police, fire, ambulance, or other emergency vehicles engaged in exempt
				  crossings. The business rules shall provide mechanisms for the identification,
				  listing, or registration on the books of the toll operator of eligible vehicles
				  to qualify for exempt crossing status.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 135 - INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY › Article 4 - TOLLS AND TOLL ENFORCEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES › Rule 12 - Signage › Section 12-1 - Signage

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-15.5-7-8; IC 9-21-3.5
Affected: IC 8-15.5; IC 9-21-3.5
Sec. 1.
The states' parties or the toll operator on behalf of the
				  states' parties shall install signs in advance of last highway exits before the
				  east end crossing and downtown crossing providing notice of the existence of
				  all-electronic tolling on the Ohio River Bridges Project.