Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

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 (before its repeal), and IC 14-15-12. As added by P.L.165-2011, SEC.7.…

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.

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 possess for use in …

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.

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.

Sec. 4. The Great Lakes Basin Compact is ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by Indiana as a party thereto with any other state or province which, pursuant to Article 2 of the compact, has legally joined therein in the form substantially as follows: Article 1. The purpos…

Sec. 5. In pursuance of Article 4 of the compact, there are five (5) commissioners on the Commission from Indiana. Each commissioner has all the powers conferred on a commissioner by the compact or which are necessary or incidental to the performance of the commissioner's functio…

Sec. 6. (a) All officers of this state shall do all things falling within the respective jurisdiction of the officers necessary to or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular because it is the policy of Indiana to perform and carry out the compact and to …

Sec. 7. The budget of the estimated expenditures of the Commission shall be submitted to the budget committee for the period and in the form that is required by the committee. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-5-3-4.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 8. The governor shall transmit an authenticated copy of this chapter and the compact contained in this chapter to each jurisdiction party to the compact. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-5-3-5.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 9. (a) The department of natural resources shall provide administrative and staff services for the commissioners from Indiana on the Commission as provided by this chapter. (b) The deputy director for the bureau of resource management shall, without additional compensation, …

Sec. 1. A person shall not willfully damage or remove bench marks, witness marks, stakes, or other reference marks placed by: (1) the surveyors or engineers of the district; or (2) contractors in constructing the work of the district. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-87.…

Sec. 2. (a) A person is liable for damages done to works of a district by: (1) the person; (2) agents of the person; (3) employees of the person; or (4) livestock owned by the person. (b) A person shall not damage the works, improvements, or property of a district. A person who v…

Sec. 1. All operators of surface coal mining operations subject to this article shall pay to the department for deposit in the natural resources reclamation division fund established by IC 14-34-14-2 a reclamation fee of five and a half cents ($0.055) per ton of coal produced. [P…

Sec. 2. All operators of underground coal mining operations subject to this article shall pay to the department for deposit in the natural resources reclamation division fund established by IC 14-34-14-2 a reclamation fee of three cents ($0.03) per ton of coal produced. [Pre-1995…

Sec. 3. The fees required by sections 1 through 2 of this chapter shall be paid: (1) concurrently with the federal reclamation fee under the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232); and (2) not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each …

Sec. 1. The commission may revoke a permit issued under this article if the commission finds any of the following: (1) The permit was issued through fraud or misrepresentation. (2) The owner or operator has violated: (A) this article; or (B) a rule adopted under this article. (3)…

Sec. 2. (a) If a permit is revoked under this chapter, the commission may do either of the following: (1) Order the owner or operator to plug and abandon the well. (2) Plug and abandon the well. (b) The revocation of a permit under this chapter does not relieve the owner or opera…

Sec. 3. In addition to any civil penalty imposed for a violation of this article, the department may bring an action to enjoin the violator from continuing the violation. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-15-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.195-2014, SEC.4…

Sec. 4. A civil penalty assessed under section 3 of this chapter is subject to IC 4-21.5-3-6 and becomes effective without a proceeding under IC 4-21.5-3 unless a person requests an administrative adjudication within thirty (30) days of notice of the assessment. [Pre-1995 Recodif…

Sec. 5. The commission may bring a civil action in the name of the state of Indiana through the attorney general, in a circuit or superior court having jurisdiction in any county in which land involved is located or in which a person resides, to restrain the person from commencin…

Sec. 7. If an order is issued: (1) under this article or IC 13-8 (before its repeal); or (2) as a result of any administrative proceeding under this article or IC 13-8 (before its repeal); the court or the director may assess against any party to the proceeding the costs and expe…

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Pier" means a manmade, raised structure (such as a breakwater) that: (A) extends into navigable water; and (B) is intended: (i) for use as a landing place or promenade; or (ii) to protect or form a harbor. (2) …

Sec. 2. (a) The owner of a pier or public access site on Lake Michigan shall install public rescue equipment on the pier or public access site. The public rescue equipment installed on a pier or public access site under this subsection: (1) must include at least one (1) ring life…

Sec. 3. (a) The following apply to a ring life buoy installed on a pier or public access site under section 2(a) of this chapter: (1) The ring life buoy must not be permanently secured in any way to a station, rack, or pier. (2) The ring life buoy must be stowed inside a station …

Sec. 4. (a) A unit of local government that owns one (1) or more piers or public access sites on Lake Michigan shall: (1) compile information; and (2) at least twice per year, publish on the unit's website a report; on lakefront drownings of which the unit is aware that have occu…

Sec. 5. If more than one (1) drowning occurs not more than fifty (50) feet from a particular pier or public access site in a span of five (5) years, the owner of the pier or public access site shall: (1) disseminate in the area of the pier or public access site a water safety pla…

Sec. 6. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.35-2024, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a nonprofit corporation that has, for a consideration of one dollar ($1), acquired a county courthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-31-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.13.

Sec. 2. The corporation: (1) shall repair and maintain the building and grounds; (2) shall supply reasonable space in the building for a county historical museum; and (3) may lease other space in the building to commercial enterprises that is necessary for the purpose of financin…

Sec. 5. A person may not take fish from the Indiana waters of Lake Michigan with commercial fishing gear. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-12-7.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.141-2022, SEC.12.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a district having channel improvements, levees, and water retarding or impoundment structures. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-89(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) A water supply structure or the water supply part of a multiple purpose structure if provision has been made for maintenance from revenues of a water system. (2) Sewage works. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-89(e…