STATE OF INDIANA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
INDIANAPOLIS
FOR: CONTINUING THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD OVERSIGHT BOARD
TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS.
WHEREAS, Indiana Code § 8-15.5 authorized the Indiana Finance Authority ("IFA") to enter into a lease agreement with a private entity to operate the Indiana Toll Road;
WHEREAS, the existing agreement is an extensive legal document, with specific provisions regarding all aspects of operations, including road maintenance, improvements, safety, installation of electronic tolling facilities, and snow and debris removal; and
WHEREAS, the Indiana Toll Road Outreach Board was created by Executive Order 06-10, dated June 6, 2006, and was continued by Executive Order 13-10, dated July 14, 2013.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Eric J. Holcomb, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby order that:
1. The Indiana Toll Road Oversight Board (the "Board") shall be continued.
2. The Board shall consist of the following seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor:
a. Governor's designee to serve as the Board's chairperson;
b. Commissioner of INDOT, or designee;
c. IFA Chairman, or designee; and
d. four Indiana residents with knowledge, experience or education in economic and business development, or highway engineering, construction, planning or operation.
3. All members shall serve a two-year term and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
4. All members of the Board shall serve without salary or per diem, except that members of the Board shall be reimbursed in accordance with state law and the policies of the Indiana Department of Administration and the State Budget Agency for actual expenses incurred in carrying out their responsibilities as members of the Board.
5. The Board shall meet at least quarterly.
6. The Board will provide advice, counsel and reports to the Governor and the IFA as it oversees the operation and maintenance of the Indiana Toll Road, and to the people of Indiana in all matters relating to the lease, maintenance, finance, planning, tolling, construction, and operation of the Indiana Toll Road.
7. The Board shall monitor the private entity's compliance with the lease agreement.
8. The Board shall produce semi-annual reports, over the signature of the Chairperson, for the Governor on all matters it deems relevant to the Toll Road in furtherance of the Board's mission, but must specifically include performance measures for the private entity's management of the Toll Road.
9. The IFA shall provide administrative or other staff support for the Board in implementing this Executive Order.
10. All state agencies and instrumentalities shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the Board in implementing this Executive Order to the fullest extent permitted by law.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, Eric J. Holcomb, have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Indiana on this 9th day of January, 2017.
Eric J. Holcomb
Governor of Indiana
Posted: 02/01/2017 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20170201-IR-GOV170036EOA
Composed: May 02,2024 1:14:24AM EDT
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