Indiana Code 8-1-9-1. Public policy
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-9-1
- Cost of relocation: shall include the entire amount paid by a utility properly attributable to such relocation, after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility. See Indiana Code 8-1-9-2
- Highway: when used in this chapter shall mean only those routes which are included within the national system of interstate and defense highways. See Indiana Code 8-1-9-2
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Utility: shall include all privately, municipally, publicly, or cooperatively owned systems for supplying communications, power, light, heat, electricity, gas, water, pipeline, sewer, sewage disposal, drain, or like service, directly or indirectly, to the public. See Indiana Code 8-1-9-2
Sec. 1. Recognizing that (a) part of the national system of interstate and defense highways located in Indiana are used by persons residing throughout Indiana and the United States for intrastate and interstate travel; (b) the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by construction, reconstruction, change or modification of said highways is presently subject to being borne by utility rate payers only; and (c) existing federal legislation makes available a substantial portion of the funds with which said highways will be constructed, reconstructed, changed or modified, it is hereby declared that it is inequitable for rate payers of utilities to bear the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by said highway construction, reconstruction, change or modification and that such cost of relocation of utility facilities should constitute a cost of construction of all of said highway projects in Indiana.
Formerly: Acts 1961, c.112, s.1.