Title 14, TITLE 14. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 3. The fund consists of the following: (1) The money collected by each court that collects money due the department for violation of Indiana fish and wildlife law. (2) Other money appropriated to or set apart for the fund. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-1-16(a) part…

Sec. 4. (a) A court that collects money under section 3(1) of this chapter shall promptly remit the money to the department. (b) The department shall, on the first day of each month, pay to the auditor of state all money received by the department under this section during the pr…

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the money in the fund shall be used for the following purposes: (1) Protecting and propagating game, fish, and birds in Indiana. (2) Paying the operational expenses of the following: (A) The fish and wildlife division. (B) The law…

delinquent property taxes Sec. 0.3. IC 1-1-5-1 applies to the expiration of section 3 of this chapter, as amended by P.L.146-2008. Liability and penalties for delinquent tax payments for a property tax imposed under section 3 of this chapter before January 1, 2009, are not exting…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the state forestry fund established by this chapter. [1995 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.16.

Sec. 2. The state forestry fund is established. [1995 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.16.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 14-5-2-1; 14-5-3-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.198-2001, SEC.96; P.L.1-2002, SEC.71; P.L.272-2003, SEC.7; P.L.146-2008, SEC.424. Repealed by P.L.1-2010, SEC.156.

Sec. 4. The department shall expend the fund for the following: (1) The purchase, supervision, and development of state forests and state forest land. (2) The growing and distribution of forest tree seedlings for state and private forest planting. (3) The organized prevention, de…

Sec. 5. All income derived from the sale of state forest land or the products of state forest land shall be deposited in the fund. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-5-2-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.16.

Sec. 1. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 2. The commission shall provide standards for operation and maintenance within an infested area declared under IC 14-24-4. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-2.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 3. The commission shall establish standards for the control of pests and pathogens. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 4. The commission shall regulate nurseries, nurserymen, and dealers. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-4.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 5. The commission may establish special service fees under IC 14-24-10-2. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-5.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 6. The commission may declare species or subspecies to be pests or pathogens. This identification must include any species or subspecies of bee that may endanger the bee and honey industry. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-6.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 7. The commission shall develop quarantine regulations needed to carry out this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-7.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 8. The commission shall establish measures for the protection of the bee and honey industry in Indiana. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-8.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 9. The commission shall establish standards for determining expenses and attorney's fees under IC 14-24-11-5. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-4-9.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, a firm, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, or a governmental agency. However, for purposes of sections 6 through 10 of this chapter, the term does not include a public utility privately or pub…

Sec. 10. A refusal to grant a permit is subject to court review under IC 4-21.5-5. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2-5(f).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 11. (a) All users of ground water in amounts exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per day in an area designated by the department as a restricted use area shall file with the department a certified statement of the average daily amount of ground water used before…

Sec. 12. In a restricted use area, each well owner or the representatives of the well owner shall file with the department, on forms furnished by the department, a complete record of each new well drilled within the area. The record: (1) shall be filed within thirty (30) days aft…

Sec. 13. A permit may not be issued to an applicant requesting permission to withdraw and use more than one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per day of ground water from a designated restricted use area who does not: (1) have title; or (2) hold a lease; to the property from whi…

Sec. 14. The department may require a user of ground water in amounts exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per day in designated restricted use areas to install a meter if any of the following conditions exist: (1) The user is unable to furnish accurate information co…

Sec. 15. (a) In a restricted use area, the department may require a person found to be committing waste of ground water to return all or a part of the water to the ground if the following conditions are met: (1) The water being wasted can safely and practicably be returned to the…

Sec. 16. (a) As used in this section, "rated capacity of a pump" means the number of gallons of water a pump is capable of discharging in a given time as determined by the manufacturer or by certified pump tests. (b) In determining the quantity of water being removed from or retu…

Sec. 17. The department may adopt the rules that are necessary to do the following: (1) Determine within reasonable limits quantities of water being removed from the ground. (2) Administer any of the other provisions of this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2-12.]…

Sec. 18. A person who violates: (1) section 6, 11, or 12 of this chapter; or (2) a rule or order concerning a restricted use area; commits a Class C infraction. Each day of violation constitutes a separate infraction. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2-13.] As added by P.L…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "waste" or "wasted" means any of the following: (1) Permitting ground water to flow or taking or using ground water in any manner so that the ground water is not put to the full beneficial use. (2) Transporting ground water from the water's source…

Sec. 3. It is a public policy of the state in the interest of the economy, health, and welfare of Indiana and the citizens of Indiana to conserve and protect the ground water resources of Indiana and for that purpose to provide reasonable regulations for the most beneficial use a…

Sec. 4. (a) The department may by rule or order, when the department has reason to believe it is necessary and in the public interest, designate certain areas of Indiana where the withdrawal of ground waters exceeds or threatens to exceed natural replenishment as restricted use a…

Sec. 5. (a) Whenever the department designates a restricted use area, the department shall approve an order to that effect and adopt a rule under IC 4-22-2. (b) In addition to the publication of notice provided for in IC 4-22-2, the department shall, for the purposes of this chap…

Sec. 6. In a restricted use area, a person may not withdraw or use for any purpose ground water in quantities in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per day in addition to the quantity the person is using at the time the order designating the area as a restricted use…

Sec. 7. A person that: (1) desires to withdraw or use a quantity greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per day in addition to the quantity being used at the time of the effective date of an order declaring an area as a restricted use area; or (2) desires to withdraw…

Sec. 8. In granting or refusing a permit, the department shall consider the following: (1) The effect the withdrawal of additional ground water from the restricted use area will have on future supplies in the area. (2) What use is to be made of the water. (3) How the withdrawal w…

Sec. 9. In granting a permit, the department may do the following: (1) Impose the conditions or stipulations that are necessary to conserve the ground water of the area and prevent waste, exhaustion, or impairment of the ground water. (2) Require that ground water in a restricted…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "lake" includes both meandered and unmeandered lakes. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-12-3 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.19.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "river" includes both navigable and nonnavigable rivers and streams. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-12-3 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.19.

preserve lakes, rivers, or streams Sec. 3. The department may do the following: (1) Become a party, either plaintiff or defendant, to any cause or legal action: (A) that is pending in any court in Indiana; or (B) that is brought or commenced in any court in Indiana; affecting the…

Sec. 4. A court acting under Indiana law shall recognize the right of the department to become a party to any action involving the preservation and maintenance of lakes, rivers, and streams for the purposes set out in this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-12-2.] A…

Sec. 5. For the purposes and in the manner provided in this chapter, the department may become a party to any drainage proceeding in any court acting under Indiana law, to prosecute or defend any cause that in the opinion of the officers of the department will injuriously affect …

Sec. 6. In the interest of public health and convenience, the department is a party in interest in the matters set out in this chapter. Nonbenefit or the nonownership of land affected by a cause may not be pleaded in any court acting under Indiana law as a bar to the right of the…

Sec. 1. (a) The superintendent of construction of the work shall do the following: (1) Keep an account of all money collected and paid out by the superintendent in relation to the work. (2) Take vouchers for all money paid out. (3) Keep an account of time spent on the superintend…

Sec. 10. (a) A person assessed may appeal the assessment to the circuit or superior court of the county in which the proceedings for the construction of the work were held by filing with the clerk of the court, within ten (10) days after the date of posting the notices, an appeal…

Sec. 11. (a) The appeal shall be tried by the court without a jury. A change of venue from the judge but not from the county is allowed. The only questions tried are the following: (1) Whether the repairs are necessary. (2) What is the cost of the repairs. (3) Whether the appella…

Sec. 12. (a) If the court reduces the assessment against the land of the appellant at least twenty percent (20%), all the costs of the appeal shall be added to the assessment and shall be assessed upon the tracts of land in the same proportion as the original assessment. (b) If t…

applicability of statutes Sec. 13. (a) The: (1) clerk of the court, when an appeal is disposed of; or (2) committee, if an appeal is not taken; shall make a certified copy of the assessment as confirmed by the court in an appeal or as made originally if an appeal is not taken. Th…

Sec. 14. (a) The committee in charge of a levee may preserve and protect the levee, including a strip of land ten (10) feet in width on the inside of the levee. (b) If the committee determines that the preservation of the levee or a part of the levee requires that the levee shoul…

Sec. 15. If requested by a petition signed by a majority of the owners of land protected by the levee, the committee in charge of a levee may do the following: (1) Make additions to the levee by increasing the height or width of the levee. (2) Protect against the encroachment of …

Sec. 17. All of the provisions of sections 7 through 13 of this chapter concerning: (1) the payment of the cost of repairs of levees; (2) the making of assessments for the cost; (3) the right of appeal from the assessments; and (4) the manner of collecting the assessments; apply …