Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "land conservation" means the wise use of land: (1) for the satisfaction of human needs; and (2) based upon knowledge and understanding of the land's capabilities and limitations. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-3-3(c).] As added by P.L.1-…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "landscape" means the aggregate of all factors and features that constitute the total visual and perceptive impact of a given area of the earth's surface upon the human senses. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-3-3(h).] As added by P.L.1-199…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "soil" means the surface layer of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of plant life. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-3-3(d).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.25.

Sec. 6. (a) The division of soil conservation: (1) shall administer and coordinate the duties and responsibilities of the Indiana state department of agriculture under the land resource programs authorized by this chapter; and (2) in carrying out its duties under subdivision (1),…

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "urban geology survey" means a systematic scientific identification, inventory, and mapping of the earth materials of a given area that sets forth the capabilities, potentials, and limitations of the earth materials for human needs. (b) The In…

Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "landscape survey" means a systematic scientific identification, inventory, and mapping of the features of the earth's surface that serve to constitute the landscape of a given area, including key factors such as the following: (1) Land form. …

Sec. 8.5. (a) As used in this section, "soil survey" means a systematic scientific identification, inventory, and mapping of the soils of a given area that sets forth the capabilities, potential, and limitations of the soils in the satisfaction of human needs. (b) The Indiana sta…

Sec. 9. The Indiana state department of agriculture shall provide more support and assistance to the local soil and water conservation districts by: (1) granting to the districts the additional money that is appropriated by the general assembly; and (2) increased coordination and…

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 4 of this chapter by P.L.97-2004 apply only to property taxes first due and payable after December 31, 2002. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.300.

Sec. 1. (a) All the real property in the district, except the property that is exempt under section 4 of this chapter, constitutes a taxing district for the purpose of levying special benefit taxes to pay for the following: (1) The expenses of establishing the district. (2) Gener…

Sec. 10. (a) The board may apply to the federal Farmers Home Administration, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any other federal agency authorized to make loans for works of improvement for a long term or short term loan to cover the following: (1)…

Sec. 11. (a) Before making firm financial commitments under section 10 of this chapter with a federal agency, the board must file a petition for approval of the proposed action in the court. The petition must state: (1) the purpose; (2) the amount; and (3) the terms; of the propo…

Sec. 12. The board shall include agreements made with a federal agency under section 10 of this chapter in the district plan if agreements have been made at the time of submission of the plan to the commission. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-68(e) part.] As added by P.…

Sec. 13. The levy of the tax for special benefits may be made although an attempt to formulate a district plan has been abandoned because of: (1) changed conditions; (2) impracticability; or (3) other reasons; if money is necessary to meet valid obligations of the district. [Pre-…

Sec. 14. (a) In anticipation of the money to be received from any source, a board may borrow money by issuing notes. The notes: (1) must mature in not more than two (2) years; and (2) may be renewed for periods of not more than two (2) years. (b) The borrowing may be by direct ne…

Sec. 15. (a) To pay all: (1) necessary expenses of establishing a district; (2) general, legal, and administrative costs; and (3) costs incident to preparing the district plan; the court may order the auditor of the county in which the court is sitting to issue warrants to the di…

Sec. 16. (a) The necessary expenses of establishing a district include the following: (1) Costs of printing, publication, mailing, surveying, and abstracting. (2) Court costs. (3) Reasonable attorney's fees for establishing the district. (4) Reasonable engineering fees for prelim…

Sec. 17. A district shall promptly repay any money that is advanced to the district from: (1) the general fund of a county; or (2) the economic development fund created by IC 5-28-8; from money received through the collection of an authorized tax or assessment. [Pre-1995 Recodifi…

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies if: (1) a petition filed for the establishment of a district states that: (A) the purpose for establishing the district is providing water supply, including treatment and distribution for domestic, industrial, and public use; (B) it is the electio…

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in all districts described in IC 14-33-9-4, the special benefits tax rate may not exceed six and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0667) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in the taxing district. (…

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to the following tangible property owned by or held in trust for the use of a church or religious society: (1) A building that is used for religious worship. (2) A building that is used as a parsonage. (3) The pews and furniture contained within a…

Sec. 5. The expenses and obligations of the district may also be paid from any of the following: (1) The receipt of gifts from any source. (2) The receipt of money from the federal or state government. (3) The receipt of revenue from the sale of services or property produced inci…

Sec. 6. (a) The: (1) cost of notice, including publication and mailing; and (2) other costs of the court in the proceedings to establish the district; are payable out of the general money of the county in which the court is sitting, without an appropriation having been made. The …

Sec. 7. (a) To pay the costs of establishing a district, including general, legal, and administrative costs and costs incident to preparing the district plan, money may be obtained from one (1) or a combination of the following methods: (1) Gifts, loans, or grants from a state or…

Sec. 8. The fiscal year of a district is the calendar year. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-66.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 9. If the board is ordered to prepare an amended district plan, the board may use any source of money provided in section 7 of this chapter to defray the expense, which is a proper operating expense. The board may use for this purpose a current operating surplus available in…

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "collateral" means the actual or constructive deposit, as appropriate, with the director of one (1) or more of the following types of property in support of a self-bond: (1) A perfected, first-lien security interest in favor of the department of…

Sec. 0.6. As used in this chapter, "comparative balance sheet" means item accounts from a number of the operator's successive yearly balance sheets arranged side by side in a single statement. As added by P.L.176-1995, SEC.9.

Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "comparative income statement" means an operator's income statement amounts for a number of successive yearly periods arranged side by side in a single statement. As added by P.L.176-1995, SEC.10.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "liabilities" means obligations to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future as a result of past transactions. The term does not include amounts that are required to be recorded for financial accounting purposes under Sta…

Sec. 10. (a) An applicant shall submit, in addition to the financial information required under section 4 of this chapter, a report prepared by a qualified independent public accounting consultant selected from a list of public accounting consultants approved by the director. The…

Sec. 11. (a) The director may not accept an applicant's self-bond under this chapter in an increment unless, when the self-bond is initially approved under this chapter, the total area of the increment is one hundred percent (100%) self-bonded. (b) When a self-bond is initially a…

Sec. 12. (a) If a permittee who posted a self-bond under this chapter does not file an application for a Phase I grading release with the department before the second November 1 after the year in which the coal was removed from the site covered by the self-bond, the permittee sha…

Sec. 13. For purposes of IC 1-1-1-8, if the amendments to IC 14-34-7-1, as amended by SEA 125-1995, are held invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the other amendments to IC 14-34-7 made by SEA 125-1995 are also void. As added by P.L.176-1995, SEC.23.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "net worth": (1) means: (A) total assets; minus (B) total liabilities; and (2) is equivalent to owners' equity. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-6.3-6.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27.

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act" means the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 through 1328). As added by P.L.176-1995, SEC.12.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "tangible net worth" means: (1) net worth; minus (2) intangibles such as goodwill and rights to patents or royalties. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-6.3-7.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27.

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "current assets" means cash or other assets or resources that are reasonably expected to be converted to cash or sold or consumed within: (1) one (1) year; or (2) the normal operating cycle of the business. (b) As used in this section, "curren…

Sec. 4.1. (a) Before January 1, 1996, all self-bonds in effect on July 1, 1995, must be replaced in one (1) of the following ways: (1) The self-bond may be replaced by another form of bond allowed under IC 13-4.1-6. (2) The self-bonded permittee may reapply for self-bonding under…

Sec. 5. (a) A written guarantee accepted under this section is referred to as a "corporate guarantee". (b) The director may accept a corporate guarantee for an applicant's self-bond from a corporate guarantor if, at the time the self-bond is accepted, the following conditions are…

Sec. 6. (a) For the director to accept an applicant's self-bond, the total amount of the outstanding and proposed self-bonds of the applicant for surface coal mining and reclamation operations in the United States may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the applicant's tangib…

Sec. 7. If the director accepts an applicant's self-bond, an indemnity agreement shall be submitted to the director. The indemnity agreement must meet the following requirements: (1) The indemnity agreement must provide in express terms that the persons or parties bound by the ag…

Sec. 7.1. (a) If an application for self-bonding is rejected based on the information required by section 4 of this chapter or limitations set forth in section 4 of this chapter, the applicant may offer collateral (as defined in section 0.5 of this chapter) and an indemnity agree…

Sec. 8. The director shall require self-bonded applicants and corporate guarantors to submit: (1) an update of the information required under section 4(d)(7), 4(d)(8), and 4(f) of this chapter within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year; and (2) information requir…

Sec. 9. (a) If at any time during the period when a self-bond is posted, the financial conditions of the applicant or the corporate guarantor change so that the criteria of sections 4(d)(7), 4(f), and 6 of this chapter are no longer satisfied, the permittee shall do the following…

Sec. 1. The commission may require a person drilling or modifying a well for oil and gas purposes to furnish the following: (1) A copy of the driller's log and completion report of the well. (2) A copy of any geophysical or instrumental log. (3) Drill cuttings or cores. (4) Other…