Indiana § 8-6-2.1-7 Acquisition of property; cost agreements

Indiana Statutes

§ 8-6-2.1-7 — Acquisition of property; cost agreements

Indiana § 8-6-2.1-7

Art. 6RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Ch. 2.1Railroad Grade Crossing Separations

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(a)For the purposes of this chapter, the board may acquire, or order to be acquired, lands, rights-of-way and other property within the city and within five (5) miles outside the corporate limits of the city. All lands, rights-of-way and other property necessary to be acquired in connection with the improvement may be acquired by the board in the name of the city, or the board may, in the resolution, order and require the railroad to acquire any portion of the same as will permanently be occupied or used by the railroad. In the latter event, the railroad shall acquire the lands, rights-of-way, or other property specified in the resolution, either by purchase or by appropriation in the manner prescribed by statute.

(b)If the work and changes provided for in the maps, plans and specificati

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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the board
may acquire, or order to be acquired, lands, rights-of-way and other
property within the city and within five (5) miles outside the corporate
limits of the city. All lands, rights-of-way and other property necessary
to be acquired in connection with the improvement may be acquired by
the board in the name of the city, or the board may, in the resolution,
order and require the railroad to acquire any portion of the same as will
permanently be occupied or used by the railroad. In the latter event, the
railroad shall acquire the lands, rights-of-way, or other property
specified in the resolution, either by purchase or by appropriation in the
manner prescribed by statute.
(b) If the work and changes provided for in the maps, plans and
specifications adopted in the resolution affects the tracks or other
facilities of more than one (1) railroad company, the railroad
companies affected may, prior to the final confirmation of the
resolution, file with the board their written agreement allocating
between the companies the cost to be borne by each of them
respectively.
(c) If the railroad companies fail to enter into a cost agreement, the
board shall incorporate in the resolution, before final confirmation, a
provision fixing the relative amount of costs to be borne as between the
railroad companies.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-5-14-7.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.70.