§ 8-3-2-14 — Actions and proceedings to enforce railroad law

The Indiana department of transportation may
inquire into the management and business of carriers as regulated by
this chapter and shall keep informed as to the manner and method in
which the management is conducted. The department may obtain from
the carriers, and their agents, officers, and employees full and complete
information to enable it to perform its duties under this chapter. The
department shall execute and enforce this chapter and for that purpose
may, with the approval of the governor, employ and pay special counsel
and other persons to assist it. The department may sue in its name in all
the courts of Indiana and prosecute all necessary and appropriate
actions at law or suits in equity for the purpose of securing the
observance and enforcement of this chapter. If the department, in an
action, is entitled to a temporary restraining order or injunction,
pending final hearing, the court shall grant the order or injunction with
all reasonable dispatch and without requiring bond or surety from the
department. All state statutes, concerning examinations by the
department of books and papers, and the production thereof, and the
attendance of examination of witnesses in any investigation held by the
department, regulate the proceedings of the department in any
investigations held by it under this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.231, s.14. As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.24; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.39; P.L.18-1990, SEC.47.