Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to enforcement matters that are the responsibility of the state police department under IC 10-11-2-28.

(b) The commissioner may regulate:

(1) the traffic and parking of motor vehicles, bicycles, or other vehicles; and

(2) the traffic of pedestrians;

on the streets, roads, paths, and grounds of real property controlled by the state through the department in and around the state capitol, office buildings, parking garages, and adjoining state controlled property.

(c) Rules adopted under subsection (b) may include the following:

(1) Provisions governing the registration, speed, weight, operation, parking, times, places, and use of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other vehicles.

(2) Provisions governing the traffic of pedestrians.

(3) Provisions prescribing the assessment and collection of civil penalties for the violation of rules adopted by the commissioner. Penalties may include the following:

(A) The imposition of reasonable charges.

(B) The removal and impounding (at the expense of the violator) of vehicles that are operated or parked in violation of rules adopted by the commissioner.

(C) The denial of permission to operate a vehicle on the property in and around the state capitol building, office buildings, parking garages, and adjoining state controlled property.

(d) Rules adopted under this section must include provisions for an administrative appeal when a civil penalty is imposed under the rules. A person aggrieved by a final disposition of an appeal by the department may appeal the disposition to a court of jurisdiction. The attorney general may enforce a civil penalty imposed under this section by filing an appropriate action in a court of jurisdiction.

(e) This section does not limit or restrict the powers of any other governmental authority having jurisdiction over public streets, roads, alleys, or ways.

As added by P.L.13-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.172-1999, SEC.9; P.L.123-2002, SEC.8; P.L.2-2003, SEC.19.