§ 36-9-2-2 — Transportation systems; establishment, aid, and operation

(a) A unit may establish, aid, maintain, and
operate transportation systems.
(b) This subsection applies to an eligible county (as defined by IC 8-25-1-4) that establishes a public transportation system through a
public transportation project authorized and funded under IC 8-25. The
unit must establish fares and charges that cover at least twenty-five
percent (25%) of the operating expenses of the public transportation
system. For purposes of this subsection, operating expenses include
only those expenses incurred in the operation of fixed route services
that are established or expanded as a result of a public transportation
project authorized and funded under IC 8-25. The unit annually shall
report on the unit's compliance with this subsection not later than sixty
(60) days after the close of the unit's fiscal year. The report must
include information on any fare increases necessary to achieve
compliance. The unit shall submit the report to the department of local
government finance and make the report available electronically
through the Indiana transparency Internet web site established under IC 5-14-3.8.
(c) If a unit fails to prepare and disclose the annual report in the
manner required by subsection (b), any person subject to a tax
described in IC 8-25 may initiate a cause of action in the circuit court,
superior court, or probate court of the eligible county to compel the
appropriate officials of the unit to prepare and disclose the annual
report not later than thirty (30) days after a court order mandating the
unit to comply with subsection (b) is issued by the court.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
18-1-1.5-14(i); 18-4-2-16 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4. Amended by
P.L.153-2014, SEC.19; P.L.84-2016, SEC.184.