Sec. 9. (a) The ports of Indiana shall have power to adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations as the ports of Indiana may deem advisable for the control and regulation of any port or project or traffic on any port or project, for the protection of and preservation of property under its jurisdiction and control, and for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control, and such by-laws, rules and regulations shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Marion County, Indiana, and in such other manner as the ports of Indiana shall prescribe; however, such rules and regulations shall provide that public officers shall be afforded ready access, while in performance of their official duty, to all property under the jurisdiction or control of the ports of Indiana without the payment of tolls.
(b) Such rules and regulations adopted under this section shall be adopted under IC 4-22-2.
(c) A person who violates a rule or regulation of the ports of Indiana commits a Class C infraction.
Formerly: Acts 1961, c.11, s.9. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.28, SEC.2; Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.839; Acts 1980, P.L.75, SEC.1; P.L.224-2003, SEC.209 and P.L.271-2003, SEC.9; P.L.98-2008, SEC.19.