Sec. 14. (a) Subject to IC 8-15.7-1-5, "project" means all or part of the following:

(1) A limited access facility (as defined in IC 8-23-1-28).

(2) A tollway.

(3) Roads and bridges.

(4) Passenger and freight railroad systems, including:

(A) the costs of environmental impact studies;

(B) property, equipment, and appurtenances necessary to operate a railroad, including lines, routes, roads, rights-of-way, easements, licenses, permits, track upgrades, rail grade crossings, locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, and other railroad cars of any type or class; and

(C) other costs that the department determines are necessary to develop a passenger or freight railroad system in Indiana.

(5) All or part of a bridge, tunnel, overpass, underpass, interchange, structure, ramp, access road, service road, entrance plaza, approach, tollhouse, utility corridor, toll gantry, rest stop, service area, or administration, storage, or other building or facility, including temporary facilities and buildings or facilities and structures that will not be tolled, that the department determines is appurtenant, necessary, or desirable for the development, financing, or operation of the facilities described in subdivisions (1) through (4).

(6) An improvement, betterment, enlargement, extension, or reconstruction of all or part of any of the facilities described in this section, including a nontolled part, that is separately designated by name or number.

(b) The term does not include a passenger railroad system that is operated by a commuter transportation district established under IC 8-5-15.

As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.40. Amended by P.L.203-2007, SEC.6.