Indiana § 36-9-3-27 Acquisition of facilities from public transportation agency; obligations
to employees

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-9-3-27 — Acquisition of facilities from public transportation agency; obligations to employees

Indiana·Title 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT·Art. 9 TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS·Ch. 3 Regional Transportation Authorities

(a)Whenever the authority acquires the public transportation facilities of a public transportation agency and operates those facilities, all employees engaged in the operation of the facilities shall be transferred to and appointed as employees of the authority, subject to all the rights and benefits of this chapter, and the authority shall assume and observe all current labor contracts and pension obligations.

(b)The authority must give the employees of any public transportation agency it acquires seniority credit, sick leave, vacation, insurance, and pension credits in accordance with the records or labor agreements from the acquired transportation agency. Members and beneficiaries of any pension or retirement system or other system of benefits established by the acquired transportatio

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(a) Whenever the authority acquires the
public transportation facilities of a public transportation agency and
operates those facilities, all employees engaged in the operation of the
facilities shall be transferred to and appointed as employees of the
authority, subject to all the rights and benefits of this chapter, and the
authority shall assume and observe all current labor contracts and
pension obligations.
(b) The authority must give the employees of any public
transportation agency it acquires seniority credit, sick leave, vacation,
insurance, and pension credits in accordance with the records or labor
agreements from the acquired transportation agency. Members and
beneficiaries of any pension or retirement system or other system of
benefits established by the acquired transportation agency continue to
have rights, privileges, benefits, obligations, and status under that
system. The authority must assume the obligations of the acquired
public transportation agency regarding wages, salaries, hours, working
conditions, sick leave, health and welfare, and pension or retirement
provisions for employees.
(c) The authority must assume the provisions of any collective
bargaining agreement between a public transportation agency acquired
by the authority and the representative of the employees of the acquired
agency. The authority and the employees, through their representatives
for collective bargaining purposes, may take whatever action is
necessary to preserve the pension rights of the employees, including the
transfer of pension trust funds under the joint control of the
transportation agency and the participating employees through their
representatives to the trust fund to be established, maintained, and
administered jointly by the authority and the participating employees
through their representatives.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-5-2.5-21.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by
P.L.235-1997, SEC.16.

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