Bill Text: IN HB1125 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Highway matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-25 - Section 2 effective 07/01/2010 [HB1125 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1125-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 8-23; IC 36-4.
Synopsis: Highway matters. Adds two intersections to the part of State
Road 331 in St. Joseph County from the U.S. Highway 20 bypass to
State Road 23 that is a limited access facility. Provides that no traffic
signal may be erected at the intersection at Ireland Road. Requires a
municipality to send written notice of the hearing on an annexation
ordinance to property owners whose property is located outside the
proposed annexed area but is contiguous to a road or street that forms
one of the boundaries of the area.
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2010.
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Interstate and International
Cooperation.
January 25, 2010, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
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(b) The department shall designate and do all acts necessary to establish the part of State Road 331 in St. Joseph County from the U.S. Highway 20 bypass to State Road 23 as a limited access facility. The designated highway shall be in operation as a limited access facility beginning not later than January 1, 2009.
(c) Neither the department nor any political subdivision may authorize any additional curb cuts or intersections after January 1, 2009, on the designated highway. The department shall limit intersections on the designated highway to the following locations:
(1) U.S. Highway 20 bypass.
(2) Ireland Road.
(9) Douglas Road.
(d) No traffic signal may be erected at the intersection described in subsection (c)(2).
(b) Before a municipality may annex territory, the municipality shall provide written notice of the hearing required under section 2.1 of this chapter. Except as provided in subsection (e), the notice must be sent by certified mail at least sixty (60) days before the date of the hearing to each owner of real property, as shown on the county auditor's current tax list, whose real property is located within the territory proposed to be annexed. For purposes of an annexation of territory described in section 2.5 of this chapter, if the hearing required under section 2.1 of this chapter is conducted after June 30, 2010, the notice required by this section must also be sent to each owner of real property, as shown on the county auditor's current tax list, whose real property includes contiguous areas of rights-of-way of the public highway on the side of the public highway that is not part of the annexed territory.
(c) The notice required by this section must include the following:
(1) A legal description of the real property proposed to be annexed.
(2) The date, time, location, and subject of the hearing.
(3) A map showing the current municipal boundaries and the proposed municipal boundaries.
(4) Current zoning classifications for the area proposed to be annexed and any proposed zoning changes for the area proposed to be annexed.
(5) A detailed summary of the fiscal plan described in section 13 of this chapter.
(6) The location where the public may inspect and copy the fiscal plan.
(7) A statement that the municipality will provide a copy of the fiscal plan after the fiscal plan is adopted immediately to any landowner in the annexed territory who requests a copy.
(8) The name and telephone number of a representative of the municipality who may be contacted for further information.
(d) If the municipality complies with this section, the notice is not invalidated if the owner does not receive the notice.
(e) This subsection applies to an annexation under section 3 or 4 of this chapter in which all property owners within the area to be annexed provide written consent to the annexation. The written notice described in this section must be sent by certified mail not later than twenty (20) days before the date of the hearing to each owner of real property, as shown on the county auditor's current tax list, whose real property is located within the territory proposed to be annexed.