Section 5-1.3-2-5 - "Costs" "Costs" as applied to any rail project, includes any item or cost incurred in the construction of a rail project, including:
(1) the cost of construction;(2) the cost of acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and any other legal or equitable interests acquired by the IFA for the construction, including the cost of any relocations incident to the acquisition;(3) the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings, structures, or improvements on property acquired by the IFA, including the cost of:(A) acquiring any property to which the buildings, structures, or improvements may be moved; or(B) acquiring any property that may be exchanged for property acquired by the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD;(5) costs of issuance of bonds or notes, including costs of credit enhancement, such as bond or note insurance;(6) remarketing or conversion fees;(7) discounts resulting from the purchase price of the bonds or notes being less than par;(8) capitalized interest;(9) the cost of funding any reserves to secure the payment of bonds or notes;(10) engineering, financial, trust and legal expenses, costs of plans, specifications, surveys, estimates, and any necessary feasibility studies;(11) administrative expenses of the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD relating to any rail project financed by bonds or notes;(12) refunding any interim financing entered into by the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD;(13) reimbursement of the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD for:(A) any cost, obligation, or expense incurred by the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD relating to a rail project;(B) advances relating to a rail project from the IFA to the NWIRDA or the NICTD or from the NWIRDA to the NICTD for surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, or engineering services; or(C) any other cost of construction incurred by the NWIRDA or the NICTD that was paid from advances;(14) other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing, operating, and maintaining any rail project; and(15) other expenses the IFA finds necessary or incident to the construction of the rail project, the financing of the construction, and the placing of the rail project in operation.Added by P.L. 189-2018,SEC. 26, eff. 3/21/2018.