Indiana § 36-9-4-5 Financial assistance from municipality; necessary findings; types of
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§ 36-9-4-5 — Financial assistance from municipality; necessary findings; types of assistance

Indiana § 36-9-4-5

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 9TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS

Ch. 4Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public

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Ind. Code § 36-9-4-5 (2026).

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(a)The municipal legislative body may furnish the urban mass transportation system with the financial assistance necessary to enable the system to provide adequate service within the municipality, if the legislative body finds:

(1)that the system is unable to render that service or that there is imminent danger that the system will be unable to render that service; and

(2)that the system is:

(A)necessary to relieve traffic congestion in the municipality;

(B)necessary for the proper use of the factories, stores, warehouses, offices, schools, recreational facilities, and other places where members of the general public congregate;

(C)necessary to expand the economic and social opportunities available to residents of the municipality, especially those who cannot freely move about withou

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(a) The municipal legislative body may furnish
the urban mass transportation system with the financial assistance
necessary to enable the system to provide adequate service within the
municipality, if the legislative body finds:
(1) that the system is unable to render that service or that there is
imminent danger that the system will be unable to render that
service; and
(2) that the system is:
(A) necessary to relieve traffic congestion in the municipality;
(B) necessary for the proper use of the factories, stores,
warehouses, offices, schools, recreational facilities, and other
places where members of the general public congregate;
(C) necessary to expand the economic and social opportunities
available to residents of the municipality, especially those who
cannot freely move about without the services of the system;
(D) a substantial factor in maintaining real property values in the
municipality; or
(E) a substantial factor in providing public housing,
redevelopment of blighted areas, and publicly owned offstreet
parking facilities.
(b) The municipal legislative body may furnish assistance under this
section by:
(1) making grants to the system;
(2) purchasing buses or real property from the system or from any
other source for lease to the system; or
(3) making both grants and purchases.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2-2
part; 19-5-2-5.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.