Title 14, TITLE 14. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 16. (a) Before December 1, 2022, the division shall meet to discuss with representatives of fishing organizations, hunting organizations, trapping organizations, conservation organizations, and license holders, concerning: (1) funding sources and sustainable funding levels f…

Sec. 2. Except for a license sold under IC 14-22-31-8, the department shall use the following to increase the upland game bird population in Indiana: (1) Four dollars ($4) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt any game for any period in any manner. (2) Forty dollars …

Sec. 3. The department shall deposit in the fish and wildlife fund twenty dollars ($20) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt deer for any time in any manner. The department shall transfer the revenue deposited under this section from the fish and wildlife fund to th…

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5(e).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.195-2017, SEC.12.

Sec. 5. (a) The department may issue a duplicate license to replace a lost license issued to an individual under section 1 of this chapter. (b) A duplicate license under subsection (a) is valid only with the signature or electronic affirmation of the licensee on the form or devic…

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5.7.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.17-1997, SEC.5; P.L.225-2005, SEC.23. Repealed by P.L.2-2014, SEC.76.

Sec. 7.3. (a) Subject to the commission adopting fees under subsection (b), the department may issue to residents of Indiana lifetime licenses to hunt, fish, or trap. (b) The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 and IC 14-10-2-4 to establish fees for lifetime licenses to hu…

Sec. 7.5. (a) As used in this section, "automated point of sale licensing system" means a system designed to dispense hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses. (b) The department shall develop and implement an automated point of sale licensing system for use in Indiana for the sal…

Sec. 8. (a) Each license agent who is authorized to sell licenses under this article shall retain a seventy-five cent ($0.75) service fee for each license sold. (b) In addition to the service fee retained under subsection (a), a license agent may charge on each transaction both a…

Sec. 9. The clerk of the circuit court in each county shall retain as the property of the county the service fees provided by section 8 of this chapter from the sale of licenses sold by the clerk. The clerk shall pay the fees promptly into the county general fund as other fees ar…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the sand nourishment fund established by this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-15-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 2. The sand nourishment fund is established. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-15-2(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 3. The department shall administer the fund. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-15-2(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 4. The money in the fund shall be used for the following: (1) The deposit of sand along the coast of Lake Michigan in Indiana. (2) The design and establishment of systems that cause sand to be deposited along the coast of Lake Michigan in Indiana. (3) The prevention or reduc…

Sec. 5. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. However, if the fund is abolished, the money in the fund reverts to the state general fund. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-15-2(c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, S…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies if the board determines at the time of the adoption of the district plan that the characteristics of the district are such that the district plan can best be implemented in certain parts by the development of works of improvement that are: (1) of bene…

Sec. 2. (a) In a district subject to this chapter: (1) the district plan must so state; and (2) notice to this effect shall be made a part of all notices regarding the approval and implementation of the district plan. (b) At the hearing on the district plan, the court shall make …

Sec. 3. (a) Concurrent with the preparation of detailed construction drawings, specifications, and refined cost estimates necessary to implement the district plan, the board shall employ competent appraisers to do the following: (1) Appraise the real property that will be benefit…

Sec. 4. (a) Upon confirmation of the resolution, the board shall file the resolution together with the detailed construction drawings, specifications, refined cost estimates, and appraisers' findings in court. (b) The court shall set a date for a hearing and order notice that the…

Sec. 5. (a) After approval by the court, the board shall let contracts or otherwise construct the works of improvement as implemented. The board shall exercise the same powers and discharge the same duties concerning the works of improvement as prescribed by statute for the board…

Sec. 6. (a) The provisions of this chapter concerning: (1) assessments; (2) the nature of the resulting lien; (3) collection; and (4) issuing bonds and coupons in anticipation of the collection of the assessment; are mutually exclusive from other sections of this article that rel…

Sec. 7. Other provisions of this article concerning assessments and bond issues do not apply to this chapter. In addition, provisions of this chapter concerning assessments and bond issues do not apply to other chapters of this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-8…

Sec. 1. The commission shall adopt rules that require the: (1) training; (2) examination; and (3) certification; of persons engaging in or directly responsible for blasting or use of explosives in surface coal mining. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-10-1.] As added by P…

Sec. 2. The commission shall adopt rules to do the following: (1) Require the permittee to provide reasonable advance written notice to local governments and residents who might be affected by the use of the explosives by: (A) publication of the planned blasting schedule in a new…

Sec. 3. Upon receipt of a complaint that blasting operations at surface coal mining operations may be causing damage to a person's property, the director may, if invited, enter upon property of the person making the complaint to investigate the complaint. [Pre-1995 Recodification…

article Sec. 1. An oil and gas inspector and any person authorized by the commission may at any reasonable time enter upon public or private property where a well for oil and gas purposes is being drilled or has been drilled to determine if there is a violation of: (1) this artic…

Sec. 2. The department may issue a written notice of violation if a person violates: (1) this article; or (2) a rule adopted under this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-14-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.

Sec. 3. A notice of violation under this chapter is subject to IC 4-21.5-3-6. The notice must include the following: (1) The nature of the violation. (2) What action is appropriate to abate the violation. (3) The date by which the violation must be abated. (4) The procedure to ob…

Sec. 4. A notice of violation issued under this chapter becomes effective without a proceeding under IC 4-21.5-3 unless a person requests administrative review under IC 4-21.5-3-6 within thirty (30) days of issuance. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-14-3.] As added by P.L.…

Sec. 5. An owner or operator who fails to abate a violation in a timely manner is liable for the following: (1) A civil penalty. (2) Permit revocation under IC 14-37-13. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-14-4.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply when a motorboat is moored, anchored, docked, or aground. As added by P.L.165-2011, SEC.7.

Sec. 2. The requirements and prohibitions set forth in this chapter are in addition to the requirements and prohibitions set forth in IC 14-15-2, IC 14-15-3, IC 14-15-4, 14-15-8 (before its repeal), IC 35-46-9, and IC 14-15-12. As added by P.L.165-2011, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.40-2…

Sec. 3. An individual may not do the following: (1) Operate a motorboat inboard or have the inboard engine of a motorboat run idle while an individual is holding onto the swim platform, swim deck, swim step, swim ladder or any part of the exterior of the transom of a motorboat wh…

Sec. 4. An individual who violates section 3 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction. As added by P.L.165-2011, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.195-2014, SEC.11.

Sec. 1. A part of the Virgil I. Grissom Memorial Visitors Center in Spring Mill State Park shall be set aside as a museum to house the mementoes or items of interest that are: (1) procured from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or (2) donated by any other public …

Sec. 2. The department may receive the money that is necessary to carry out this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-22-2.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.13.

licenses; fees Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) The waters of the state. (2) The boundary waters of the state, except Lake Michigan and the Ohio River. (b) The department may issue to an individual who is a resident of Indiana a license to use in and to poss…

Sec. 10. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with the requirements of: (1) a license issued under this chapter; (2) this chapter; or (3) rules adopted under this article to implement this chapter; is subject to suspension or revocation of the person's lice…

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to the Ohio River waters of Indiana. (b) The department may issue to an individual who is a resident or nonresident of Indiana a license to use in, and to possess for use in, the water seines, nets, or other commercial fishing gear under rules ado…

Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies to the harvest or sale of the following roe bearing species: (1) Shovelnose sturgeon. (2) Paddlefish. (3) Bowfin. (b) For the purpose of this subsection, "roe" means the eggs or gametes of a fish listed in subsection (a). (c) An individual may n…

Sec. 3. The director shall prescribe and cause to be affixed to each seine, net, basket net, basket trap, trap-net, fyke-net, or other commercial fishing gear licensed under this chapter a tag that will identify the net or other gear with the license issued. [Pre-1995 Recodificat…

Sec. 4. An individual, while commercially fishing for a person whose nets or other commercial fishing gear are properly licensed or tagged and the licenses or tags are properly affixed, is not required to possess a license or tag if the individual is accompanied by the licensee. …

Sec. 5. An individual may not possess a seine, a net, or commercial fishing gear, except as permitted in a specific permit from the department. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-13(e).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-13(f).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.18-2009, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.165-2011, SEC.32.

Sec. 7. An individual may not: (1) take fish with the use of commercial fishing gear from the Ohio River within Indiana; or (2) sell or offer for sale fish taken from the Ohio River; without having an Ohio River commercial fishing license issued by Indiana or Kentucky. [Pre-1995 …

Sec. 8. An individual who has an Ohio River commercial fishing license does not need a fishing license under IC 14-22-11-8 to fish in the Ohio River. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-13(i).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 9. A license issued under this chapter: (1) is valid for one (1) year; and (2) expires December 31 of the year for which the license is valid. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-13(j).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.165-2011, SEC.14.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "Basin" refers to the Great Lakes Basin. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-5-3-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "Commission" refers to the Great Lakes Commission. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 13-5-3-1 part; 13-5-3-2 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "state" includes a province of Canada. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-5-3-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.