§ 8-23-5-7 — Construction and maintenance of roadside parks and connecting highways

Indiana § 8-23-5-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 23: INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF
• Ch. 5: State Highways

Text

(a) As part of the state highway system, the
department may lay out, construct, and maintain roadside parks and
highways that connect a state highway with a state park, state forest
reserve, state game preserve, or a state institution. A connecting
highway constructed under this subsection shall be constructed in the
same manner as a state highway.
(b) Before a roadside park or connecting highway described in
subsection (a) may be constructed within the boundaries of a state
institution, park, reserve or preserve, the board of trustees of the state
institution, park, reserve, or preserve must adopt a resolution approving
the construction.
(c) The department may cooperate with a county highway authority
having jurisdiction over a county highway that connects a state park,
state forest reserve, state game preserve, or state recreation area with
a state highway. The department shall undertake construction and
maintenance responsibilities under this subsection upon the request of
the department of natural resources if the request is approved by the
governor.
(d) Expenditures incurred by the department in carrying out this
section shall be made from the motor vehicle highway account before
distribution to local units of government. Before an expenditure may
be made under this subsection, an appropriation authorizing the
expenditure must be made.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.214.