Sec. 1. (a) In case of the sale of any railroad and its property, under or by the authority of any competent court or courts (part of which railroad may be situate within the state of Indiana and part situate in an adjoining state, and embraced in the mortgage or mortgages or deed or deeds of trust), it may be sold at one (1) time and place, as an entirety, at such point on the line of said railroad, either within or without the state, and upon such notice, as the court or courts ordering such sale may direct.
(b) In case of the reorganization of any railroad and its property under or by the authority of any competent court or courts of the United States in a proceeding for the reorganization of a railroad pursuant to Regional Rail Reorganization Act (11 U.S.C. 101(33), 1163, and 1166 et seq.), the corporation to which all or any part of said railroad and its property may be transferred by or pursuant to an appropriate order or decree of said court or courts may be a corporation organized under this chapter and having all of the powers, rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises provided in this chapter.
(c) This chapter is hereby declared to apply to and embrace any and all sales or purchases of railroads, their franchises, rights, and privileges, under judicial degrees, or judgments of any of the courts of the state of Indiana, or of the United States, at any time, whether said sale under such decrees or judgments, may have occurred before or after March 6, 1945.
Formerly: Acts 1945, c.202, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.66.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 8. Utilities and Transportation
Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads
Chapter 14. Reorganization of Railroads After Sale
8-4-14-1. Authority for Reorganization
8-4-14-2. Certificate of Reorganization
8-4-14-3. Powers, Rights, Privileges, Immunities, and Franchises
8-4-14-4. Bonds, Mortgages, or Trust Deeds as Security
8-4-14-5. Sinking Fund; Stock Issuance
8-4-14-6. Vesting of Railroad in Foreign Railroad Corporation