§ 8-1-9-1 — Public policy

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.