Indiana Code 8-14-1-5. Municipal allocations; permissible uses of funds; requirement; consolidated city
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Sec. 5. (a) Subject to subsection (c), all funds allocated to cities and towns from the motor vehicle highway account shall be used by the cities and towns for the construction, reconstruction, preservation, repair, maintenance, oiling, sprinkling, snow removal, weed and tree cutting and cleaning of their highways as herein defined, and including also any curbs, and the city’s or town’s share of the cost of the separation of the grades of crossing of public highways and railroads, the purchase or lease of highway construction, preservation, and maintenance equipment, the purchase, erection, operation and maintenance of traffic signs and signals, and safety zones and devices, and the painting of surfaces in highways for purposes of safety and traffic regulation. All of such funds shall be budgeted as provided by law.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), for funds distributed to a city or town from the motor vehicle highway account, the city or town shall use at least fifty percent (50%) of the money for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the city’s or town’s highways.
(b) In addition to purposes for which funds may be expended under subsection (a), monies allocated to cities and towns under this chapter may be expended for the payment of principal and interest on bonds sold primarily to finance road, street, or thoroughfare projects.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-14-1-5
- construction: means the planning, supervising, inspecting, actual building, draining, and all expenses incidental to the construction of a highway. See Indiana Code 8-14-1-1
- Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- highways: includes roadway, rights of way, bridges, drainage structures, signs, guard rails, protective structures in connection with highways, drains, culverts, and bridges and the substructure and superstructure of bridges and approaches thereto and streets and alleys of cities or towns. See Indiana Code 8-14-1-1
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- maintenance: when used in reference to cities, towns, and counties as applied to that part of the highway other than bridges, means the constant making of needed repairs, to preserve a smooth surfaced highway, adequately drained, marked and guarded by protective structures for public safety and, as to bridges, means the constant making of needed repairs to preserve a smooth surfaced highway thereon and the safety and preservation of the bridge and its approaches, together with the substructure and superstructure thereof; and such term also means and includes the acquisition and use, in any manner, of all needed equipment, fuel, materials, and supplies essential and incident thereto. See Indiana Code 8-14-1-1
- Motor vehicle highway account: means the account of the general fund of the state known as the "motor vehicle highway account" to which is credited collections from motor vehicle registration fees, licenses, driver's and chauffeur's license fees, gasoline taxes, auto transfer fees, certificate of title fees, weight taxes or excise taxes and all other similar special taxes, duties or excises of all kinds on motor vehicles, trailers, motor vehicle fuel, or motor vehicle owners or operators. See Indiana Code 8-14-1-1
- preservation: means the preventative treatment, nonstructural treatment, rehabilitation, or structural repairs made to transportation infrastructure and related drainage that are included in an asset management plan approved by the Indiana department of transportation in collaboration with the local technical assistance program at Purdue University. See Indiana Code 8-14-1-1
- reconstruction: means a widening or a rebuilding of the highway or any portion thereof. See Indiana Code 8-14-1-1
(d) This subsection applies to a consolidated city. For funds distributed to a consolidated city from the motor vehicle highway account, the consolidated city shall use at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the money for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the consolidated city’s highways.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.168, s.5; Acts 1945, c.164, s.1; Acts 1959, c.278, s.1; Acts 1965, c.121, s.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.111, SEC.3; P.L.61-2000, SEC.1; P.L.218-2017, SEC.64; P.L.185-2018, SEC.24; P.L.179-2023, SEC.2.