Bill Text: IN HB1243 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Complete streets guidelines.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-13 - Representative Saunders added as coauthor [HB1243 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-HB1243-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1243

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 8-23.

Synopsis: Complete streets guidelines. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) to do the following: (1) Adopt guidelines for INDOT projects regarding street design that enables safe, comfortable, and convenient access for all users (complete streets guidelines). (2) Include a requirement to comply with complete streets guidelines in INDOT contracts entered into after December 31, 2012. (3) Include complete streets guidelines in INDOT's approved design manual (manual). (4) Report to the general assembly on INDOT's progress in incorporating complete streets guidelines into INDOT's manual and projects.

Effective: July 1, 2012.

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Dembowski

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    January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1243

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 8-23-5-10; (12)IN1243.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 8-23-5-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 10. Not later than July 1, 2013, the department shall include technical guidance for the incorporation of complete streets guidelines adopted under IC 8-23-9-59 in the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and operation of projects governed by the design manual in the approved design manual of the department.

SOURCE: IC 8-23-9-59; (12)IN1243.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 8-23-9-59 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 59. (a) For purposes of this section, "complete street" means a highway, street, or other roadway that is designed and operated to enable safe, comfortable, and convenient access for all users.
    (b) This section applies to a contract entered into by the department and a contractor after December 31, 2012, for the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of

a state highway or other roadway that is under the jurisdiction of the department.
    (c) The department shall include in a contract, including any specifications or other documents that are a part of or incorporated into a contract, a requirement that the project be completed in accordance with the department's complete streets guidelines adopted under subsection (d). However, the department may exclude a project or part of a project from the requirement if:
        (1) pedestrian or other nonmotorized usage is prohibited by law on the highway, street, or other roadway that is the subject of the project or part of a project;
        (2) the cost of incorporating complete streets guidelines for the project or part of the project is excessively disproportionate to the benefits, as determined by the department; or
        (3) there is a demonstrated lack of present or future need for complete streets for the project or part of the project.
    (d) The department shall adopt guidelines to incorporate complete streets into the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a state highway or other roadway that is under the jurisdiction of the department. Guidelines adopted under this subsection must take into consideration the following:
        (1) The ages and abilities of all potential users of roadways.
        (2) The modes of transportation used on roadways.
        (3) Safety, accessibility, and livability.
     (e) Not later than November 1, 2013, the department shall report in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the general assembly the progress made by the department in implementing this section and incorporating complete streets guidelines into the approved design manual of the department under IC 8-23-5-10. This subsection expires December 31, 2013.
    (f) Beginning November 1, 2014, and not later than November 1 of each successive year, the department shall report in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the general assembly on the number, type, and status of complete streets projects undertaken by the department. This subsection expires December 31, 2018.