IC 8-14-3-3: PASER system; local technical assistance program

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "PASER" refers to the pavement surface evaluation and rating system used as part of a transportation asset management plan submitted to the local technical assistance program at Purdue University.

(b) There is annually appropriated two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the motor vehicle highway account to the department to develop and maintain a centralized electronic statewide asset management data base that may be used to aggregate data on local road conditions. The data base shall be developed in cooperation with the department and the office of management and budget.

(c) The department, in coordination with the local technical assistance program at Purdue University, shall administer:

(1) a PASER certification program for PASER raters submitting data to the statewide asset management data base; and

(2) a quality assurance program for PASER data, consisting of a team of certified PASER raters throughout the state.