IC 8-16-3
    Chapter 3. Cumulative Bridge Fund

IC 8-16-3-0.5
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.113-1989, SEC.11.)

IC 8-16-3-1
Authorization to provide fund
    Sec. 1. Notwithstanding IC 8-18-8-5, all municipal corporationsand county executives may provide a cumulative bridge fund toprovide funds for the cost of construction, maintenance, and repairof bridges, approaches, and grade separations. However, in thosecounties in which a cumulative bridge fund has been established, thecounty executive is responsible for providing funds for all bridges,including those in municipalities, within the counties except thosebridges on the state highway system. The county executive may usethis fund for making county wide bridge inspection and safety ratingsof all bridges in a county not on the state highway system. Theinspection and safety ratings shall meet all the criteria of the NationalBridge Inspection Standards promulgated by the Federal HighwayAdministration, U.S. Department of Transportation and shall besupervised and approved by a competent, qualified engineer,registered in the state.
(Formerly: Acts 1951, c.299, s.1; Acts 1957, c.76, s.1; Acts 1971,P.L.101, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.72, SEC.1.) As amended by Acts1977, P.L.113, SEC.1; P.L.86-1988, SEC.18; P.L.17-1995, SEC.8.

IC 8-16-3-1.5
Definitions
    Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter:
        (1) "Bridge" means any structure designed to carry vehiculartraffic over or under an obstacle to the normal flow of trafficand including any grade separation, culvert, or approach to abridge.
        (2) "Approach" means any part of a road or street which isrequired to make a bridge a viable part of a county road or citystreet system but which does not extend more than five hundred(500) feet from the bridge.
        (3) "Construction" means both construction and reconstructionto a degree that new, supplementary, or substantially improvedtraffic service is provided and significant geometric orstructural improvements are affected.
        (4) "Cost" means all expenditures required to construct,maintain, or repair a bridge, including engineering, equipment,land acquisition, materials, contracts, and bond interest.
        (5) "Municipal corporation" means a city or town.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.113, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.8-1989,SEC.54; P.L.104-1993, SEC.1.
IC 8-16-3-2
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.17-1995, SEC.45.)

IC 8-16-3-3
Tax levy
    Sec. 3. (a) To provide for the cumulative bridge fund, countyexecutives and municipal legislative bodies may levy a tax incompliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed ten cents ($0.10) on eachone hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation of all taxable personaland real property within the county or municipality.
    (b) The tax, when collected, shall be held in a special fund to beknown as the bridge fund.
    (c) An appropriation from the bridge fund may be made withoutthe approval of the department of local government finance if:
        (1) the county executive requests the appropriation; and
        (2) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing,maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or gradeseparations.
(Formerly: Acts 1951, c.299, s.3; Acts 1975, P.L.92, SEC.1.) Asamended by P.L.24-1986, SEC.33; P.L.86-1988, SEC.20;P.L.118-1989, SEC.1; P.L.17-1995, SEC.9; P.L.6-1997, SEC.136;P.L.90-2002, SEC.322.