Title 14, TITLE 14. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 3. An agency of the state or of a subdivision of the state, a corporation, or an individual that desires special investigations or additional measurements not covered in the general program must contribute the cost of the special investigation or survey to the program in the…

Sec. 4. (a) Money accruing to the use of the department under this chapter constitutes a revolving fund for the sole use of the water resources program of the state. (b) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. When the water …

Sec. 1. (a) If a nonprofit drainage corporation organized under Acts 1913, c.165 and reorganized under: (1) IC 23-7-1 (before its repeal on September 2, 1971); (2) IC 23-7-1.1 (before its repeal on August 1, 1991); or (3) IC 23-17; determines that repairs to a project constructed…

Sec. 2. (a) The board shall hear an objection offered by an affected landowner to the assessment for repairs within ten (10) days of the posting under section 1 of this chapter. (b) An affected landowner may appeal the assessment to the circuit court, superior court, or probate c…

Sec. 3. (a) The board of directors of the corporation shall file a statement of the repair assessments with the county auditor. The assessments are a lien upon filing. (b) The county auditor shall do the following: (1) Draw a warrant for the total amount of the repair assessments…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in IC 6-1.1-17-20, the budget of a district: (1) must be prepared and submitted: (A) at the same time; (B) in the same manner; and (C) with notice; as is required by statute for the preparation of budgets by municipalities; and (2) if the district i…

Sec. 10. A conservancy district may require a statement processing charge on a special benefits tax statement. A special benefits tax liability assessed under this chapter of less than ten dollars ($10) on a parcel may be increased to not more than ten dollars ($10). The differen…

benefits tax levy Sec. 11. (a) This section applies only to a reservoir conservancy district established under IC 14-33-24. (b) Notwithstanding IC 14-33-7-1(b) and IC 14-33-21-5, the maximum annual levy of the special benefits tax imposed by the board of a reservoir conservancy d…

Sec. 2. (a) The board shall budget annually the necessary money to meet the probable expenses of operation and maintenance of the district, including the following: (1) Repairs. (2) Fees. (3) Salaries. (4) Depreciation on all depreciable assets. (5) Rents. (6) Supplies. (b) Subje…

Sec. 3. (a) The board shall deduct from the operation and maintenance expenses estimated under section 2 of this chapter the following: (1) Any revenue actually received during the current year. (2) Other money not obligated to paying or protecting the bonds or notes of the distr…

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to districts: (1) established after July 1, 1983; and (2) containing all or part of a county having a population of more than three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) and less than four hundred thousand (400,000). (b) Each year the board shall submi…

Sec. 5. (a) Upon approval by the department of local government finance, the board of directors shall certify the tax levy to the auditor of each county having land in the district. (b) The auditor of each county shall have the levy entered on the tax records of the county treasu…

Sec. 6. Sections 1 and 5 of this chapter apply to: (1) budgets; (2) levy of taxes; and (3) collection of taxes; both before and after a district plan is approved. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-76.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 7. The special benefits tax levied by a district is a primary lien on real property in the district equal to other taxes imposed on real property. The same provisions of other taxes regarding collections, penalties, and sale of property for delinquencies apply to this tax. […

Sec. 8. A district's property and income are exempt from taxation by the state and political subdivisions of the state. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-74(b).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 9. A district is not considered a municipal corporation with respect to limitations on the amount of the district's indebtedness irrespective of how that indebtedness is secured in a pledge of the district. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-74(c).] As added by P.L.1-…

requirements Sec. 1. (a) Subject to subsection (b), before conducting a coal exploration operation the person intending to conduct the operation must do the following: (1) File with the director a notice of intention to explore. (2) Demonstrate the ability to comply with the reve…

Sec. 2. The notice of intention to explore and the application for written permission to explore as required by section 1 of this chapter must include the following: (1) A description of the exploration area. (2) The period of supposed exploration. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citati…

Sec. 3. The commission shall adopt rules to do the following: (1) Establish a procedure for application for permission to conduct a coal exploration operation. (2) Establish guidelines for granting or denying the application. (3) Require that the applicant comply with the require…

Sec. 4. Information concerning trade secrets or privileged commercial or financial information relating to the competitive rights of the person or entity intending to explore the described area that is submitted to the director under this chapter is confidential and not available…

Sec. 5. A person engaged in coal exploration is subject to IC 14-34-15 and IC 14-34-16 as if the person were a permittee. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-7-5.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27.

Sec. 6. Coal exploration may not disturb the following: (1) Habitats of unique or unusually high value for fish and wildlife and other related environmental values. (2) Critical habitats of threatened or endangered species. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-7-6.] As added…

integration Sec. 1. (a) If at least two (2) separately owned tracts of land are located: (1) within an established drilling unit; or (2) within a pool or part of a pool suitable for secondary recovery methods; the owners of the separate tracts may agree to integrate their interes…

Sec. 2. An order for integration issued under this chapter must be based upon reasonable terms that give the owner of each tract an equitable share of oil and natural gas in the unit or pool. The part of the production allocated to the owner of each tract shall be considered as i…

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "field" means a group of pools that are related to a single geologic feature by structure or stratigraphy. (b) If an integration order is entered, the operator may assess each interested owner for the actual reasonable expenditures required in…

Sec. 4. The commission shall determine any dispute that arises under this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-11-4.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.

Sec. 1. Indiana law enforcement officers shall enforce the following: (1) This article. (2) Rules adopted by the department under this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-1-60(a).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.8.

attorneys Sec. 2. The attorney general and prosecuting attorneys have concurrent power to approve, file, and prosecute an affidavit charging a violation of the following: (1) This article. (2) The rules adopted under this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-1-60(b).]…

Sec. 3. A person at least sixteen (16) years of age and less than eighteen (18) years of age who violates this article may be prosecuted and tried in a court having jurisdiction over adults who violate this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-1-63.] As added by P.L.1…

Sec. 1. A person may not erect or construct a utility, telephone, or telegraph line upon or across: (1) a state park; (2) a state forest; (3) a state game preserve; (4) land acquired by the state and set aside for use by the public as a scenic or historic place; or (5) that part …

through state land; charges prohibited Sec. 2. The director may issue to any person, without charge, a permit to erect or construct a utility, telephone, or telegraph line as described in section 1 of this chapter under the rules and restrictions that the director considers neces…

Sec. 3. A person may not construct or erect a utility, telegraph, or telephone line as described in section 1 of this chapter in violation of any of the rules and restrictions of a permit issued under this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 32-5-4-3.] As added by P.L.1-1…

Sec. 4. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction. Each day that such a violation exists constitutes a separate offense. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 32-5-4-4.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "real property" means the following: The north and south halves of lots 23 and 24 in block 4 in the original plat of the town of Dana, Vermillion County, and the house located on the property known as the Ernie Pyle Birthplace. [Pre-1995 Recodific…

Sec. 2. The real property shall be administered by the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) as a historic property and shall be known as the Ernie Pyle Birthplace. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-25.1-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.13. Amende…

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 2 of this chapter by P.L.138-1997 apply to causes of action that accrue after June 30, 1997. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.298.

Sec. 1. A person may not: (1) fish, hunt, trap, or chase; (2) shoot with any kind of firearm or archery equipment; (3) search for or gather any plant life (defined as the members of the kingdoms Fungi and Plantae); or (4) search for or gather any artifacts (as defined in IC 14-21…

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state is the sole regulator of the trapping of wild animals in Indiana, and trapping is regulated only by: (1) statutes; and (2) rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 by authority of statute. (b) A unit of local government may not re…

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "raptor" means a live migratory bird of the order Falconiformes or the order Strigiformes, other than a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) or a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a unit of local gov…

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section and section 2.5 of this chapter, "governmental entity" means any of the following: (1) The government of the United States of America. (2) The state. (3) A county. (4) A city. (5) A town. (6) A township. (7) The following, if created by the Con…

trappers Sec. 2.5. (a) A person who goes upon or through the premises, including caves, of another: (1) with or without permission; and (2) either: (A) without the payment of monetary consideration; or (B) with the payment of monetary consideration directly or indirectly on the p…

Sec. 3. (a) An individual may not take, carry, ship, transport, or accept for shipment or transportation outside Indiana a wild animal protected by Indiana law, except as provided in this article. (b) An individual having a license to use a commercial fishing device in Indiana ma…

Sec. 4. (a) A resident of Indiana who has a nonresident hunting or fishing license issued by another state or country may possess in Indiana the number of wild animals that the resident could and did legally kill, take, and possess under authority of the nonresident license in th…

Sec. 5. The title to a wild animal illegally taken or accidentally killed in violation of this article or IC 14-2 (before its repeal) does not vest in the taker of the wild animal, but remains in the state. The director shall do the following: (1) Seize and confiscate the wild an…

Sec. 6. (a) A person who, whether or not the person has been issued a certificate of approval, license, permit, or other document of approval authorized by this article or any other Indiana law, discharges, sprays, or releases waste materials, chemicals, or other substances: (1) …

Sec. 7. A person may not kill or cripple a wild animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal. After the animal is retrieved the animal must be: (1) taken into the person's possession, unless the animal is a nuisance wild animal taken with the permission of the…

Sec. 8. (a) The director may designate and set aside waters containing state owned fish and waters of the state (including any part of the boundary waters of the state) for the purpose of improvement and propagation of the wild animal population. The director shall designate the …

Sec. 9. (a) If necessary for the better protection of wild animals in or on the boundary waters of the state, the director may enter into an interstate agreement or compact for and in behalf of the state with any other state bordering the waters through the administrative or exec…

Sec. 1. (a) The department shall collect the following minimum fees: (1) For each license issued to a dealer, fifty dollars ($50). However, a certified nurseryman who has paid an inspection fee may obtain a dealer's license for twenty dollars ($20). (2) For the inspection of a nu…

Sec. 2. The division may collect fees for special services provided to a person who is not described in section 1 of this chapter. Fees collected under this section: (1) must be prescribed by rule; (2) may not exceed the expense incurred by the department to provide those service…