§ 8-3-17-1 — Appointment, qualifications, and terms

Upon the application in writing of a company
owning, leasing, using, or operating a railroad in Indiana accompanied
by the statements of three (3) reputable Indiana citizens testifying to the
moral character of the applicant, the Indiana department of
transportation shall appoint and commission persons the company
designates and the department finds to be suitable and qualified
persons, to act as policemen for the company, upon the premises of the
company, or elsewhere within Indiana, when engaged in the discharge
of their duties as policemen for that company. Every policeman
appointed shall be known as a railroad policeman and shall be a person
of good moral character. The policeman shall be commissioned so long
as the policeman is employed by the company on whose application the
policeman was appointed, unless the policeman's commission is sooner
revoked by the Indiana department of transportation for good cause
shown, or by the company on whose application the railroad policeman
was appointed, as provided in section 8 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1927, c.18, s.1; Acts 1975, P.L.80, SEC.1. As
amended by P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.42; P.L.18-1990, SEC.50.