SB 473-66_ Filed 04/11/2011, 11:30 Austin


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HOUSE MOTION ____

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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 473 be amended to read as follows:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (11)MO047350.1. -->     Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 8-15-2-1; (11)MO047350.1. -->     "SECTION 1. IC 8-15-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2007, SECTION 80, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 1. (a) In order to remove the handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in Indiana, to facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state, to promote the agricultural and industrial development of the state, and to provide for the general welfare by the construction of modern express highways embodying safety devices, including center division, ample shoulder widths, long sight distances, multiple lanes in each direction, and grade separations at intersections with other highways and railroads, the authority may:
        (1) subject to subsection (d), construct, reconstruct, maintain, repair, and operate toll road projects at such locations as shall be approved by the governor;
        (2) in accordance with such alignment and design standards as shall be approved by the authority and subject to IC 8-9.5-8-10, issue toll road revenue bonds of the state payable solely from funds pledged for their payment, as authorized by this chapter, to pay the cost of such projects;
        (3) finance, develop, construct, reconstruct, improve, or maintain improvements for manufacturing, commercial, or public transportation activities within a county through which a toll road passes;
        (4) in cooperation with the Indiana department of transportation or a political subdivision, construct, reconstruct, or finance the construction or reconstruction of an arterial highway or an arterial street that is located within a county through which a toll road passes and that:
            (A) interchanges with a toll road project; or
            (B) intersects with a road or a street that interchanges with a toll road project;
        (5) finance improvements necessary for developing transportation corridors in northwestern Indiana; and
        (6) exercise these powers in participation with any governmental entity or with any individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the authority shall not construct, maintain, operate, nor contract for the construction, maintenance, or operation of transient lodging facilities on, or adjacent to, such toll road projects.
    (c) This chapter:
        (1) applies to the authority only when acting for the purposes set forth in this chapter; and
        (2) does not apply to the authority when acting under any other statute for any other purpose.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other law, neither the authority nor an operator selected under IC 8-15.5 may carry out any of the following activities under this chapter unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing that activity: (1) Carrying out construction for Interstate Highway 69 in a township having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and less than ninety-three thousand five hundred (93,500) (2) Imposing tolls on motor vehicles for use of the part of an interstate highway that connects a consolidated city and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740). unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing the activity.".
SOURCE: Page 2, line 10; (11)MO047350.2. -->     Page 2, delete lines 10 through 42, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 8-15-3-9; (11)MO047350.3. -->     "SECTION 3. IC 8-15-3-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.85-2010, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (e), the governor must approve the location of any tollway.
    (b) The department may, in any combination, plan, design, develop, construct, reconstruct, maintain, repair, police, finance, and operate tollways, public improvements, and arterial streets and roads at those locations that the governor approves.
    (c) The department may, in any combination, plan, design, develop, construct, reconstruct, improve, finance, operate, repair, or maintain

public improvements such as roads and streets, sewer lines, water lines, and other utilities if these improvements are:
        (1) adjacent or appurtenant to a tollway; or
        (2) necessary or desirable for the financing, construction, operation, or maintenance of a tollway.
    (d) The department may, in any combination, plan, design, develop, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair, operate, or finance the construction or reconstruction of an arterial highway or an arterial street that:
        (1) is adjacent to, appurtenant to, or interchanges with a tollway; or
        (2) intersects with a road or street that interchanges with a tollway.
    (e) Notwithstanding any other law, the governor, the department, or an operator may not carry out any of the following activities under this chapter unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing that activity:
        (1) Approve the location of a tollway, other than:
            (A) Interstate Highway 69 between Interstate Highway 64 and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740);
            (B) the Illiana Expressway, a limited access facility connecting Interstate Highway 65 in northwestern Indiana with an interstate highway in Illinois; or
            (C) a project that is located within a metropolitan planning area (as defined by 23 U.S.C. 134) and that connects the state of Indiana with the commonwealth of Kentucky.
        (2) Carry out construction for Interstate Highway 69 in a township having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and less than ninety-three thousand five hundred (93,500)
        (3) Impose tolls on motor vehicles for use of the part of an interstate highway that connects a consolidated city and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740). unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing the activity.

SOURCE: IC 8-15.5-1-2; (11)MO047350.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 8-15.5-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.85-2010, SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 2. (a) This article contains full and complete authority for public-private agreements between the authority and a private entity. Except as provided in this article, no law, procedure, proceeding, publication, notice, consent, approval, order, or act by the authority or any other officer, department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or any political subdivision is required for the authority to enter into a public-private agreement with a private entity under this

article, or for a toll road project that is the subject of a public-private agreement to be constructed, acquired, maintained, repaired, operated, financed, transferred, or conveyed.
    (b) This subsection does not apply to a project for the construction of the Illiana Expressway, a limited access facility connecting Interstate Highway 65 in northwestern Indiana with an interstate highway in Illinois, or a project that is located within a metropolitan planning area (as defined by 23 U.S.C. 134) and that connects the state of Indiana with the commonwealth of Kentucky. Notwithstanding any other law, after August 1, 2006, neither the authority nor the department may:
        (1) issue a request for proposals for; or
        (2) enter into;
a public-private agreement under this article that would authorize an operator to impose tolls for the operation of motor vehicles on all or part of a project, unless the general assembly adopts a statute authorizing the imposition of tolls.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other law, neither the authority nor an operator may carry out any of the following activities under this article unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing that activity:
        (1) Carrying out construction for Interstate Highway 69 in a township having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and less than ninety-three thousand five hundred (93,500)
        (2) Imposing tolls on motor vehicles for use of the part of an interstate highway that connects a consolidated city and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740). unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing the activity.".
    Delete page 3.

SOURCE: Page 4, line 1; (11)MO047350.4. -->     Page 4, delete lines 1 through 9.
    Page 5, delete lines 34 through 42, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 8-15.7-1-5; (11)MO047350.7. -->     "SECTION 7. IC 8-15.7-1-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.85-2010, SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 5. (a) This article contains full and complete authority for agreements and leases with private entities to carry out the activities described in this article. Except as provided in this article, no procedure, proceeding, publication, notice, consent, approval, order, or act by the authority, the department, or any other state or local agency or official is required to enter into an agreement or lease, and no law to the contrary affects, limits, or diminishes the authority for agreements and leases with private entities, except as provided by this article.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the department, the authority, or an operator may not carry out any of the following activities under this article unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing that

activity:
        (1) Issuing a request for proposals for, or entering into, a public-private agreement concerning a project other than:
            (A) Interstate Highway 69 between Interstate Highway 465 and Interstate Highway 64;
            (B) the Illiana Expressway, a limited access facility connecting Interstate Highway 65 in northwestern Indiana with an interstate highway in Illinois; or
            (C) a project that is located within a metropolitan planning area (as defined by 23 U.S.C. 134) and that connects the state of Indiana with the commonwealth of Kentucky.
        (2) Carrying out construction for Interstate Highway 69 in a township having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and less than ninety-three thousand five hundred (93,500)
        (3) Imposing user fees on motor vehicles for use of the part of an interstate highway that connects a consolidated city and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740). unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing the activity.
    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or any other law, the department or the authority may enter into a public-private agreement concerning a project consisting of a passenger or freight railroad system described in IC 8-15.7-2-14(a)(4). Such an agreement is subject to review and appropriation by the general assembly. However, this subsection does not prohibit the department from:
        (1) conducting preliminary studies that the department considers necessary to determine the feasibility of such a project; or
        (2) issuing a request for qualifications or a request for proposals, or both, under IC 8-15.7-4 for such a project.".

SOURCE: Page 6, line 1; (11)MO047350.6. -->     Page 6, delete lines 1 through 34.
    Page 14, delete lines 15 through 42, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 8-23-7-22; (11)MO047350.13. -->     "SECTION 13. IC 8-23-7-22, AS AMENDED BY P.L.85-2010, SECTION 24, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 22. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the department may, after issuing an order and receiving the governor's approval, determine that a state highway should become a tollway. After the order becomes effective, the department shall maintain and operate the tollway and levy and collect tolls as provided in IC 8-15-3 or enter into a public-private agreement with an operator with respect to the tollway under IC 8-15.7. Before issuing an order under this section, the department shall submit to the governor a plan to bring the tollway to the current design standards of the department for new state highways within a specified period. The specified period may not exceed five (5)

years.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governor, the department, or an operator may not carry out any of the following activities under this section unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing that activity:
        (1) Determine that a highway, other than:
            (A) Interstate Highway 69 between Interstate Highway 64 and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740);
            (B) the Illiana Expressway, a limited access facility connecting Interstate Highway 65 in northwestern Indiana with an interstate highway in Illinois; or
            (C) a project that is located within a metropolitan planning area (as defined by 23 U.S.C. 134) and that connects the state of Indiana with the commonwealth of Kentucky.
        should become a tollway.
        (2) Carry out construction for Interstate Highway 69 in a township having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and less than ninety-three thousand five hundred (93,500)
        (3) Impose tolls on motor vehicles for use of the part of an interstate highway that connects a consolidated city and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740). unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing the activity.

SOURCE: IC 8-23-7-23; (11)MO047350.14. -->     SECTION 14. IC 8-23-7-23, AS AMENDED BY P.L.47-2006, SECTION 42, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 23. (a) Subject to subsection (c), the department may, after issuing an order and receiving the governor's approval, determine that a state highway should become a toll road. An order under this section does not become effective unless the authority adopts a resolution to accept the designated state highway, or part of the highway, as a toll road project under the conditions contained in the order. An order issued by the department under this section must set forth the conditions upon which the transfer of the state highway, or part of the highway, to the authority must occur, including the following:
        (1) The consideration, if any, to be paid by the authority to the department.
        (2) A requirement that the authority:
            (A) enter into a contract or lease with the department with respect to the toll road project under IC 8-9.5-8-7 or IC 8-9.5-8-8; or
            (B) enter into a public-private agreement with an operator with respect to the toll road under IC 8-15.5.
    (b) To complete a transfer under this section, the department must, with the governor's approval, execute a certificate describing the real and personal property constituting or to be transferred with the state highway that is to become a toll road project. Upon delivery of the certificate to the authority, the real and personal property described in the certificate is under the jurisdiction and control of the authority.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other law, neither the authority nor an operator may carry out any of the following activities under this section unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing that activity:
        (1) Carrying out construction for Interstate Highway 69 in a township having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and less than ninety-three thousand five hundred (93,500)
        (2) Imposing tolls on motor vehicles for use of the part of an interstate highway that connects a consolidated city and a city having a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) but less than eleven thousand seven hundred forty (11,740). unless the general assembly enacts a statute authorizing the activity.".
SOURCE: Page 15, line 1; (11)MO047350.15. -->     Page 15, delete lines 1 through 10.
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to ESB 473 as printed April 8, 2011.)

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Representative Austin


MO047350/DI 103     2011