§ 8-14-1-4 — County allocations; permissible uses of funds; requirement; county containing consolidated city

(a) The funds allocated to the respective
counties of the state from the motor vehicle highway account shall
annually be budgeted as provided by law, and, when distributed shall
be used for construction, reconstruction, preservation, and maintenance
of the highways of the respective counties, including highways which
traverse the streets of incorporated towns, the cost of the repair and
maintenance of which prior to the tenth day of September, 1932, was
paid from the county gravel road repair fund excepting where the
department is charged by law with the maintenance or construction of
any such highway so traversing such streets. Subject to subsection (b),
any surplus existing in the funds at the end of the year shall thereafter
continue as a part of the highway funds of the said counties and shall
be rebudgeted and used as already provided in this chapter. The
purchase, rental and repair of highway equipment, painting of bridges
and acquisition of grounds for erection and construction of storage
buildings, acquisition of rights of way and the purchase of fuel oil, and
supplies necessary to the performance of construction, reconstruction,
preservation, and maintenance of highways, shall be paid out of the
highway account of the various counties.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) and section 4.1 of this
chapter, for funds distributed to a county from the motor vehicle
highway account, the county shall use at least fifty percent (50%) of the
money for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the
county's highways.
(c) This subsection applies to a county containing a consolidated
city. For funds distributed to a county from the motor vehicle highway
account, the county shall use at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the
money for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the
county's highways.
Formerly: Acts 1941, c.168, s.4. As amended by Acts 1980,
P.L.74, SEC.216; P.L.218-2017, SEC.63; P.L.185-2018, SEC.23;
P.L.179-2023, SEC.1; P.L.173-2025, SEC.7.