Sec. 6. (a) An opening may not be made in: (1) a highway in the state highway system; (2) the right-of-way of a state highway; or (3) the roadway of a street of a city or town over which a state highway is routed and which the department is required to maintain; and a structure or obstruction may not be placed in a highway or roadway of a state highway without the consent of the department. A highway or roadway may not be dug up for laying or placing a pipe, sewer, pole, wire, conduit, track, or railway or for any other purpose, and trees may not be removed from the right-of-way of a state highway without the written permit of the department, and then only in accordance with the rules of the department. The work shall be done under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the department, and the entire expense of restoring the highway or street in as good condition as before shall be paid by the person to whom the permit is given. (b) The department may require, before the granting of a permit, that a sufficient bond be given, or cash deposit made, to insure the restoration of the highway or street. In granting a permit, the department may designate the place in the street, highway, or right-of-way thereof where the pipe, sewer, pole, wire, conduit, track, railway, or other device or thing may be constructed. (c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction. IC 8-23-7 Chapter 7. Real Property Transactions 8-23-7-0.1 Application of certain amendments to chapter 8-23-7-1 Application of chapter 8-23-7-2 Purposes for acquiring real property 8-23-7-2.5 Appraisal of real property 8-23-7-3 Railroad rights-of-way 8-23-7-4 Description of property to be acquired; preparation and filing 8-23-7-5 Notice to owners; delivery 8-23-7-6 Improvement and changes in use of property; restrictions 8-23-7-7 Improvement and changes in use of property; time limit for state action 8-23-7-8 Variances and building permits; notice to department; hearing 8-23-7-9 Improvement and changes in use of property; loss of notice rights 8-23-7-10 Publication of information concerning purchased property 8-23-7-11 Vouchers for payment; attaching grant or deed copies 8-23-7-12 Vouchers for payment; certification; payment 8-23-7-13 Sale of surplus property 8-23-7-13.5 Indiana department of transportation nonmarketable property 8-23-7-14 Sale of surplus property separated from abutting parcel; offer to abutting property owner 8-23-7-15 Sale of surplus property separated from abutting parcel; procedure when abutting property owner fails to accept offer 8-23-7-16 Sale of surplus property valued at less than $10,000 8-23-7-17 Exchange of lands, rights, and easements; criteria 8-23-7-18 Exchange of lands, rights, and easements; valuation; payments for differences in value 8-23-7-19 Exchange of lands, rights, and easements; improvements 8-23-7-20 Exchange of lands, rights, and easements; attaching construction contracts, bonds, or plans to exchange agreements 8-23-7-21 Exchange of lands, rights, and easements; improvement completion requirement 8-23-7-22 Change of state highway to tollway 8-23-7-23 Change of state highway to toll road 8-23-7-24 Designated parts of state highway allowed to be either tollway or toll road 8-23-7-25 Change of state highways to tollways and toll roads; effectiveness of orders 8-23-7-26 Surveys and investigations; right of entry 8-23-7-27 Surveys and investigations; notification of occupants 8-23-7-28 Surveys and investigations; compensation for damages 8-23-7-29 Priority of actions 8-23-7-30 Municipal acquisition of rights-of-way 8-23-7-31 Acquisition of property, rights, and easements; legal description; taxation 8-23-7-32 Preservation of abstracts of title, title insurance policies, and other title papers
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