IC 8-24-13
    Chapter 13. Centralized Services and Coordination of Programs

IC 8-24-13-1
District power to provide centralized services
    Sec. 1. The district may perform centralized services such asridership information and transfers between services under thejurisdiction of a service board if the centralized services financiallybenefit the district as a whole.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.

IC 8-24-13-2
Construction and acquisition of service division facilities
    Sec. 2. A service division may construct or acquire any publictransportation facility for use by the service division or for use byany transportation agency and may acquire any facilities from anytransportation agency, including also without limitation any reservefunds, employees' pension or retirement funds, special funds,franchises, licenses, patents, permits, papers, documents, and recordsof the agency. In connection with any acquisition from atransportation agency, the service division may assume obligationsof the transportation agency with regard to the facilities or propertyor public transportation operations of the agency.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.

IC 8-24-13-3
Relocation payments
    Sec. 3. In connection with any construction or acquisition, aservice division shall make relocation payments as may be requiredby federal law or by the requirements of any federal agencyauthorized to administer any federal program of aid.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.

IC 8-24-13-4
Coordinated sales, marketing, advertising, and public informationprograms
    Sec. 4. The district shall, after consulting with the service boards,develop regionally coordinated and consolidated sales, marketing,advertising, and public information programs that promote the useand coordination of, and transfers among, public transportationservices in the district territory. The district shall develop and adoptrules and guidelines for the district and the service boards regardingthe programs to ensure that each service board's independentprograms conform with the district's regional programs.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.

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Interlocal agreements
    Sec. 5. To provide or assist any transportation of members of thegeneral public between points in the district territory and points

outside the district territory, whether in Indiana, Michigan, orIllinois, a service division, by resolution, may enter into agreementswith any unit of local government, individual, corporation, or otherperson or public agency in or of any state or with any private entityfor service. The agreements may provide for participation by theservice board in providing the service and for grants by the serviceboard in connection with the service, and may, subject to federal andstate law, set forth any terms relating to the service, includingcoordinating the service with public transportation in the districtterritory. The agreement may be for the number of years or durationas the parties may agree. In regard to the agreements or grants, aservice board shall consider the benefit to the district territory andthe financial contribution with regard to the service made or to bemade from public funds in the areas served outside the districtterritory.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.

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Dispute resolution
    Sec. 6. Upon the request of a service board, the district mayintervene in any matter involving:
        (1) a dispute between the two (2) service boards or a serviceboard and any transportation agency providing service on behalfof a service board with respect to the terms of transfer between,and the allocation of revenues from fares and charges for, ortransportation services provided by the parties; or
        (2) a dispute between the two (2) service boards with respect tocoordination of service, route duplication, or a change inservice.
Any service board or transportation agency involved in the disputeshall meet with the executive director, cooperate in good faith toattempt to resolve the dispute, and provide any books, records, andother information requested by the executive director. If theexecutive director is unable to mediate a resolution of any dispute,the executive director may provide a written determinationrecommending a change in the fares or charges or the allocation ofrevenues for the service or directing a change in the nature orprovider of service that is the subject of the dispute. The executivedirector shall base the determination upon the goals and objectivesof the district's plan. The determination shall be presented to thedistrict board for a final determination. The final determination shallbe implemented by any affected service board within the time framerequired by the determination.
As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.282.