CHAPTER 20. ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAIN SPEED
IC 8-3-20
Chapter 20. Ordinance Regulating Train Speed
IC 8-3-20-1
Application
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all local ordinances that regulate
the speed of railroad trains.
As added by P.L.63-1984, SEC.3.
IC 8-3-20-2
Effective date of ordinances
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other law, a speed limit ordinance
does not take effect until the expiration of thirty (30) days after a
copy of the ordinance is received by the general manager or the
division superintendent of each affected railroad company.
As added by P.L.63-1984, SEC.3.
IC 8-3-20-3
Petition for reasonableness of speed limit; determination; effective
date of ordinance
Sec. 3. Before the expiration of the thirty (30) day period
specified in section 2 of this chapter, the railroad company may
petition the utility regulatory commission for a determination of the
reasonableness of the speed limit. In such a case, the commission
must make a determination of the reasonableness of the ordinance.
If the commission finds the ordinance is reasonable, the ordinance
takes effect on a date set by the commission. If the commission takes
no action on the petition, the ordinance takes effect one hundred and
twenty (120) days after the commission receives the railroad's
petition. The ordinance does not take effect if the commission finds
the ordinance is not reasonable.
As added by P.L.63-1984, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.81.