Bill Text: IN HB1125 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Local road funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation [HB1125 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1125-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 8-14-2.
Synopsis: Local road funding. Requires the auditor of state to
distribute money to each county from the local road and street account
based on the ratio of the county's passenger car and pickup truck
registrations to the total passenger car and pickup truck registrations
statewide. (Under current law, pickup truck registrations are not
considered.)
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
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(1) Primary highway system special account means the account of the state known as the "primary highway system special account" to which is credited monthly fifty-five percent (55%) of the money deposited in the highway, road and street fund.
(2) Local road and street account means the account of the state known as the "local road and street account" to which is credited monthly forty-five percent (45%) of the money deposited in the highway, road and street fund.
(3) The term "department" refers to the Indiana department of transportation created under IC 8-23-2.
(4) The term "primary highways" shall mean that portion of the federal-aid highway system designated by the department and approved by the United States department of transportation as being the state "primary highway system".
(5) The term "construction" shall mean both construction and
reconstruction to a degree that new, supplementary, or
substantially improved traffic service is provided, and significant
geometric or structural improvements are effected.
(6) "Arterial road system" shall mean the system of roads
including bridges in each county of Indiana, under the jurisdiction
of the board of county commissioners, or successor body,
including a department of transportation of a consolidated city,
designated as such by the board under IC 8-23-4-3, but not
including local county roads.
(7) "Local county roads" shall mean all county roads and bridges
which are not designated as being in the arterial road system.
(8) "Arterial street system" means the system of streets, including
bridges in each city or town in Indiana, under the jurisdiction of
municipal street authorities or successor bodies, including a
department of transportation of a consolidated city, designated as
such by the board under IC 8-23-4-4, but not including local
streets.
(9) "Local streets" shall mean all city and town streets and bridges
which are not designated as being in the arterial street system in
each city or town.
(10) "Resurfacing" means the placement of additional pavement
layers (including protective systems for bridge decks) over the
existing (or restored or rehabilitated) roadway or bridge deck
surface to provide additional strength or to improve serviceability
for a substantial time period.
(11) "Restoration and rehabilitation" means work required to
return the existing structure (roadway pavement or bridge deck)
to a suitable condition for an additional stage of construction
(bridge deck protective system or resurfacing) or to a suitable
condition to perform satisfactorily for a substantial time period.
(12) "Pickup truck" means a motor vehicle that:
(1) is registered as a truck under IC 9-18-2; and
(2) has a declared gross weight of not more than eleven
thousand (11,000) pounds.
(b) The auditor shall distribute to units of local government money from this account each month. Before making any other distributions
under this chapter, the auditor shall distribute E85 incentive payments
to all political subdivisions entitled to a payment under section 8 of this
chapter.
(c) After distributing E85 incentive payments required under section
8 of this chapter, the auditor of state shall allocate to each county the
remaining money in this account based on the basis of the ratio of each
county's passenger car and pickup truck registrations to the total
passenger car and pickup truck registrations of the state. The auditor
shall further determine the suballocation between the county and the
cities within the county as follows:
(1) In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand
(50,000), sixty percent (60%) of the money shall be distributed on
the basis of the population of the city or town as a percentage of
the total population of the county and forty percent (40%)
distributed on the basis of the ratio of city and town street mileage
to county road mileage.
(2) In counties having a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or
less, twenty percent (20%) of the money shall be distributed on
the basis of the population of the city or town as a percentage of
the total population of the county and eighty percent (80%)
distributed on the basis of the ratio of city and town street mileage
to county road mileage.
(3) For the purposes of allocating funds as provided in this
section, towns which become incorporated as a town A town that
incorporates between the effective dates of decennial censuses
shall be becomes eligible for allocations under this section upon
the effectiveness of a corrected population count for the town
under IC 1-1-3.5.
(4) Money allocated under the provisions of this section to
counties containing a consolidated city shall be credited or
allocated to the department of transportation of the consolidated
city.
(d) Each month the auditor of state shall inform the department of
the amounts allocated to each unit of local government from the local
road and street account.
