Title 14, TITLE 14. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the revolving fund of a division. [1995 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. All money accruing to the use of a division, other than a regular or specific appropriation made by the general assembly, is considered to constitute a revolving fund for the use of the division. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-1-18 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, …

Sec. 3. Money in a fund does not revert to the state general fund at the end of a state fiscal year. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-1-18 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.66-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "account" means the Indiana sportsmen's benevolence account established by subsection (b). (b) The Indiana sportsmen's benevolence account is established within the fund for the division of law enforcement to encourage citizen participation in…

Sec. 1. The attorney general and prosecuting attorneys shall rigidly enforce this title. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-1-23.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Ohio River greenway development commission established by this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-37-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.

Sec. 10. (a) The commission: (1) shall fix the time for regular meetings; and (2) may hold special meetings on call of the chairman with seven (7) days written notice. (b) A member may waive written notice of a specific meeting by filing a written notice with the commission. (c) …

Sec. 11. (a) The commission shall study various plans and recommendations that concern the development of the Ohio River along the corridor. (b) Based on studies conducted under subsection (a), the commission shall: (1) prepare a comprehensive plan; and (2) recommend state and lo…

Sec. 12. (a) If necessary to further the accomplishment of the commission's purposes, the commission may do the following: (1) Conduct all studies necessary for the performance of the commission's duties. (2) Publicize, advertise, and distribute reports on the commission's purpos…

Sec. 13. (a) The commission may receive grants and appropriations from the following: (1) Federal, state, and local governments. (2) Individuals. (3) Foundations. (4) Other organizations. (b) The commission may enter into agreements or contracts regarding the acceptance or use of…

Sec. 14. The commission may appoint advisory committees that may include representatives from the following: (1) Transportation departments. (2) Parks departments. (3) The United States Army Corps of Engineers. (4) Other departments of federal, state, and local government that ma…

Sec. 15. Before November 1 of each year, the commission shall make a report of the commission's activities to the following: (1) Each municipality that appointed a member of the commission. (2) The governor. (3) The general assembly. The report must be in an electronic format und…

Sec. 16. (a) The commission shall prepare and adopt by majority vote an annual budget that shall be submitted to each municipality or agency appropriating money for the use of the commission. After the commission approves the budget, money may be expended only as budgeted unless …

Sec. 17. This chapter does not limit the power of a participating municipal corporation to develop or improve the riverfront area of the municipal corporation independently of the commission. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-37-14.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "corridor" means the land: (1) in and around Jeffersonville, Clarksville, and New Albany in Clark County and Floyd County; (2) abutting or near the Ohio River and Silver Creek; and (3) in which: (A) roadways and other public thoroughfares; (B) pub…

Sec. 3. The Ohio River greenway development commission is established. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-37-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.

Sec. 4. The commission consists of the following fifteen (15) members: (1) Eight (8) members who serve four (4) year terms as follows: (A) Two (2) residents of Jeffersonville appointed by the executive of Jeffersonville. (B) Two (2) residents of Clarksville appointed by the execu…

Sec. 5. (a) Upon the expiration of the term of an appointed member of the commission, the member's successor shall be appointed for a four (4) year term. (b) A member may be reappointed. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-37-4(b), (c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.

Sec. 6. If a vacancy occurs among the appointed membership of the commission, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner and under the same conditions as the original appointment. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-37-4(d).] As added by P.L.1-1995,…

Sec. 7. A member of the commission is not entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). The member is entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's dutie…

Sec. 8. (a) Eight (8) voting members of the commission constitute a quorum. (b) The affirmative vote of six (6) voting members of the commission is required for the commission to take any action. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-37-6.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.6.

Sec. 9. (a) Each year the commission shall elect the following from among the members of the commission: (1) A chairman. (2) A vice chairman. (3) A treasurer. (b) An individual elected as a chairman or a vice chairman: (1) serves a term of one (1) year beginning July 1 following …

Sec. 1. A person may not sponsor, conduct, or hold a boat race or water ski event upon public water, including ice, unless a permit for a boat race or water ski event has been issued by the department. A person who has been issued a permit may not violate or fail to comply with a…

Sec. 2. Before issuing a permit for a motorboat race or water ski event, the department shall investigate as necessary. If the department finds that a motorboat race or water ski event can be conducted and held with safety and without undue interference with the lawful use of pub…

Sec. 3. A person who violates section 1 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-1-59 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.195-2014, SEC.7.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to land that: (1) was owned by the state as of May 16, 1927; (2) borders upon or lies adjacent to a lake or stream; and (3) is not otherwise used or occupied or intended for use or occupation by an institution, a department, or an office of the state …

Sec. 2. Subject to section 3 of this chapter, land described in section 1 of this chapter is under the charge, management, control, and supervision of the department. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-10-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.

Sec. 3. The state reserves the power to sell, transfer, and convey, as provided by law, rights-of-way in land that is subject to this chapter for railroads, street and interurban railroads, switch tracts, lateral railroads, pipelines, gas pipelines, water pipelines, sewer lines, …

Sec. 1. The commission shall receive and accept, for and on behalf of the state, the Whitewater canal system, including the feeder dam and reservoir at Laurel, Indiana, the canal, locks, aqueduct, and all other miscellaneous structures belonging to the Whitewater Canal Associatio…

Sec. 2. The real property is accepted on condition that the officers of the Whitewater Canal Association transfer the property to the state free of encumbrances. In consideration the state pledges the state's faith to maintain the real property conveyed and transferred as a publi…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "family member" means a relative or descendant of a person buried in a cemetery. As added by P.L.68-2012, SEC.4.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "invitee" means an individual who has been given permission by a landowner to visit a cemetery located on the landowner's property. As added by P.L.68-2012, SEC.4.

Sec. 3. The owner of land that is classified under IC 6-1.1-6.8 as cemetery land must allow family members of persons buried in the cemetery at least three (3) days each year during which the family members may gain access to and visit the cemetery. The date or dates on which fam…

access to cemetery land Sec. 4. The following apply when a landowner grants access to a cemetery that is classified under IC 6-1.1-6.8: (1) Except for an injury that is a direct result of a landowner's gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct, the landowner is immune fro…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the deer research and management fund established by this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-19-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 2. The deer research and management fund is established. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-19-2 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 3. The department shall administer the fund. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-19-2 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 4. The money in the fund shall be used for deer research and management. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-19-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 5. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. If the fund is abolished, the money in the fund reverts to the fish and wildlife fund. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-19-4.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.…

Sec. 1. The department, acting through the director and the state forester, shall establish and equip a firefighting organization within the division of forestry for the purpose of detecting, preventing, fighting, and controlling fires in state forest land. The department may ext…

Sec. 2. In fighting fires under this chapter, the officers and employees of the department have the following: (1) All the rights and immunities guaranteed to municipal firefighters by law. (2) The right to enter upon the land of an individual, a firm, a limited liability company…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "vital" means that a plant is physiologically vibrant and does not suffer unreasonably from mechanical or pathological stress. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-1-18.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

nursery stock Sec. 10. (a) A person that desires to renew a license to sell or ship nursery stock must make a written application on a commission form before July 1 of the year of renewal for an inspection of the nursery stock. (b) A person that does not comply with this section …

Sec. 2. (a) The division shall inspect each nursery in Indiana at least one (1) time each year if the nursery: (1) imports nursery stock from outside Indiana; or (2) exports nursery stock from Indiana. (b) The division director may authorize nursery inspections in addition to tho…

Sec. 3. (a) The division shall issue a certificate following an inspection that discloses that the nursery stock is apparently free from pests and pathogens. (b) The certificate shall be prepared on a commission form and must state the following: (1) That the nursery stock has be…

Sec. 4. Every package of nursery stock shipped into Indiana from another state must be labeled on the outside with the following: (1) The name of the consignor. (2) The name of the consignee. (3) A certificate from the other state showing that the contents have been examined and …

Sec. 5. (a) A person that receives nursery stock from a foreign country shall notify the division of the arrival and contents of the shipment and the name of the consignor. (b) The person shall hold the shipment unopened until inspected or released by the division. [Pre-1995 Reco…

Sec. 6. The division may enter upon any premises in Indiana and examine the trees, plants, shrubs, vines, fruit, and propagated material on the premises in the discharge of the division's duties under this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-6-5.] As added by P.L.1-1…

Sec. 7. (a) If a pest or pathogen is discovered by an inspection under this chapter, the division shall provide a written notice to the person that owns or controls the premises or plant where the pest or pathogen is located. (b) The notice must include the following: (1) A descr…

Sec. 8. (a) The division may issue a notice of violation to a person against whom a written notice is directed under section 7 of this chapter if the person does not: (1) comply with the directives contained in the notice; or (2) request a hearing under section 7(d) of this chapt…