2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 9. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL POWERS CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS

IC 36-9-2
Chapter 2. General Powers Concerning Transportation and Public Works

IC 36-9-2-1
Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all units except townships. However, with respect to a public transportation system, this chapter does not apply after December 31, 2009, to a county that is a member of the northern Indiana regional transportation district established under IC 8-24 and that has a population of:
(1) more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); or
(2) more than one hundred forty-five thousand (145,000) but less than one hundred forty-eight thousand (148,000);
or a unit located in such a county.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.444.

IC 36-9-2-2
Transportation systems; establishment, aid, and operation
Sec. 2. A unit may establish, aid, maintain, and operate transportation systems.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-3
Transportation facilities; establishment, aid, and operation
Sec. 3. A unit may establish, aid, maintain, and operate airports, bus terminals, railroad terminals, wharves, and other transportation facilities.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-4
Vehicles for public hire; regulation of services
Sec. 4. A unit may regulate the services offered by persons who hold out for public hire the use of vehicles. This includes the power to fix the price to be charged for that service.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-5
Public ways; establishment
Sec. 5. A unit may establish, vacate, maintain, and operate public ways.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-6
Public ways; rights-of-way through, under, or over
Sec. 6. A unit may grant rights-of-way through, under, or over public ways.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.
IC 36-9-2-7
Public ways; regulation of use; school corporation grounds
Sec. 7. A unit may regulate the use of public ways. A unit also may regulate the use of school corporation grounds if requested by the fiscal body of the school corporation.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-8
Watercourses; establishment and control
Sec. 8. A unit may establish, vacate, maintain, and control watercourses.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-9
Watercourses; channel alterations
Sec. 9. A unit may change the channel of, dam, dredge, remove an obstruction in, straighten, and widen a watercourse.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-10
Watercourses; taking or permitting escape of water
Sec. 10. A unit may regulate the taking of water, or causing or permitting water to escape, from a watercourse.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-11
Watercourses; altering temperature or affecting flow of water
Sec. 11. A unit may regulate conduct that might alter the temperature of water, or affect the flow of water, in a watercourse.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-12
Watercourses; introduction of any substance
Sec. 12. A unit may regulate the introduction of any substance into a watercourse or onto its banks.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-13
Watercourses; purification
Sec. 13. A unit may purify the water in a watercourse.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-14
Waterworks
Sec. 14. A unit may regulate the furnishing of water to the public. A unit also may establish, maintain, and operate waterworks.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-15
Utility service to public Sec. 15. A unit may furnish, or regulate the furnishing of, utility service to the public.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-16
Disposal of waste substances and domestic or sanitary sewage; regulation of services and charges
Sec. 16. A unit may regulate the furnishing of the service of collecting, processing, and disposing of waste substances and domestic or sanitary sewage. This includes the power to fix the price to be charged for that service.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-17
Disposal of waste substances and domestic or sanitary sewage; systems
Sec. 17. A unit may collect, process, and dispose of waste substances and domestic or sanitary sewage, and may establish, maintain, and operate sewers, sewage disposal systems, and systems to collect and dispose of waste substances.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-18
Extraterritorial powers; four mile limit
Sec. 18. A municipality may exercise powers granted by sections 2, 3, 14, 16, and 17 of this chapter in areas within four (4) miles outside its corporate boundaries.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.

IC 36-9-2-19
Extraterritorial powers; ten mile limit
Sec. 19. A municipality may exercise powers granted by sections 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of this chapter in areas within ten (10) miles outside its corporate boundaries.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.4.