Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 3. If the court finds that a district is no longer of benefit, the court shall do the following: (1) Order the district dissolved. (2) Order the board to take necessary steps to terminate all activities of the district. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96(a) part.] …

Sec. 4. As the final action the board shall make an accounting to the court and file all records of the district with the court. The court shall then discharge the board. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 5. The court may not dissolve a district if the district has bonds or notes outstanding. If the court finds that the activities of the district should cease, the court shall order the district to function only for the purpose of: (1) certifying necessary assessments or taxes…

Sec. 1. (a) To aid in the enforcement of this article, the director shall require each permittee to establish and maintain the information and records required by the commission by rule. (b) Each permittee shall do the following: (1) Perform the following administrative duties: (…

Sec. 10. Whenever an order is issued: (1) under this chapter or under IC 13-4.1-11 (before its repeal); or (2) as a result of an administrative proceeding under this article or under IC 13-4.1 (before its repeal) instituted at the request of a person; the court, resulting from ju…

Sec. 11. The director may request the attorney general to institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or any other appropriate order, in an appropriate court in the county in which the surface coal mining and reclamation …

Sec. 12. (a) In addition to other remedies available under statutory or common law, a person with an interest that is or may be adversely affected may commence a civil action on the person's own behalf to compel compliance with this article against any of the following: (1) A per…

Sec. 13. (a) A person who is or may be adversely affected by a surface mining operation may notify the director or any representative of the director responsible for conducting the inspection, in writing, of a violation of this article that the person has reason to believe exists…

Sec. 14. (a) The commission shall by rule establish procedures to ensure that adequate and complete inspections are made. (b) A person may notify the director of a failure to make an inspection, after which the director shall determine whether an adequate and complete inspection …

Sec. 15. (a) A person whose person or property is injured through the violation by an operator of a rule, an order, or a permit issued under: (1) IC 13-4.1 (before its repeal); or (2) this article; may bring an action for damages, including reasonable attorney's and expert witnes…

Sec. 16. A person subject to this article who: (1) is entitled to request a hearing under IC 4-21.5-3; or (2) has an interest that may be adversely affected by the outcome of a hearing under IC 4-21.5-3; may intervene in the hearing. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-11-1…

Sec. 2. (a) For those surface coal mining and reclamation operations that remove or disturb strata that serve as aquifers that significantly ensure the hydrologic balance of water use either on or off the mining site, the director shall specify the following: (1) Monitoring sites…

Sec. 3. (a) The director shall inspect the surface coal mining and reclamation operation covered by a permit issued under this article on an irregular basis with, at a minimum, the following: (1) One (1) partial inspection per month. (2) One (1) complete inspection per calendar q…

Sec. 4. (a) Following completion of the inspections required under section 3 of this chapter, the inspector shall file an inspection report. The inspection report must include information sufficient to allow the director to enforce the requirements and carry out the purposes of t…

Sec. 5. (a) If, due to an inspection under section 3 of this chapter, the director or an inspector determines a violation of: (1) this article; or (2) a rule adopted under this article; has occurred, the director or inspector shall notify the permittee in writing of the violation…

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "imminent danger to the health or safety of the public" means the existence of: (1) a condition; (2) a practice; or (3) a violation of a permit or other requirement of this article; in a surface coal mining and reclamation operation that could…

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "unwarranted failure to comply" means the failure of a permittee to: (1) prevent the occurrence of a violation of: (A) the permittee's permit; or (B) a requirement of this article; or (2) abate a violation of: (A) the permit; or (B) this artic…

Sec. 8. (a) The director or inspector, as appropriate, shall sign each written notice or order issued under this chapter and promptly deliver the notice or order to the permittee. The notice or order must set forth with particularity the following: (1) The nature of the violation…

Sec. 9. (a) Any person having an interest that is or may be adversely affected by the issuance under this chapter or under IC 13-4.1-11 (before its repeal) of: (1) a notice of violation; (2) a cessation order; (3) the modification of a notice of violation or a cessation order; (4…

Sec. 1. (a) The governors' portraits collection is placed in the custody of the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1). The collection shall be permanently displayed in public areas of the state house under the supervision of the Indiana state museum an…

Sec. 2. (a) The governors' portraits fund is established as a dedicated fund to be administered by the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1). Money in the fund may be expended by the chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and historic site…

Sec. 1. (a) A person engaging in or continuing to engage in the business of selling or bartering live minnows or crayfish for bait shall file an application with the division for a bait dealer's license. The application and the license must be on forms prescribed by the director.…

Sec. 2. The director: (1) may, after investigation, issue a license to the applicant; or (2) shall, if the applicant is engaged in hatching and raising the applicant's own stock, issue a license. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-16(1) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1…

Sec. 3. A license expires December 31 following the date of issue. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-16(1) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 4. A person desiring to possess in Indiana at one (1) time more than: (1) five hundred (500) live minnows; or (2) five hundred (500) live crayfish; not intended for the purpose of engaging in the business of selling or bartering live minnows or crayfish for bait must procure…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to a district if construction of works of improvement has not begun within six (6) years after the district plan is approved by the court. (b) Even if the construction of works of improvement has not begun wit…

Sec. 10. A freeholder of the district may vote absentee by written ballot. A written ballot vote must be signed and mailed or delivered to the district office. Ballots voted by absentees are valid if delivered or received before the scheduled date of the election. [Pre-1995 Recod…

Sec. 11. (a) The secretary of the district shall do the following: (1) Keep the ballots safe and secure until the end of the voting period. (2) At the end of the voting period present all ballots cast to the three (3) clerks. (b) The clerks shall do the following: (1) Count the b…

Sec. 12. A majority of all votes cast determines the issue of dissolution of the district, as long as the total votes cast at least equals the number of freeholders petitioning for the election. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26…

Sec. 13. If a majority favors dissolution of a district, the court shall, upon receiving the certification of the results, order the board to take the necessary steps to terminate all activities of the district other than those activities required to certify and collect assessmen…

Sec. 14. Costs of the election, including legal fees approved by the court, shall be paid from district money. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 15. (a) When a district's financial obligations and the expenses of winding up the district's affairs are paid, the court shall order the board to do the following: (1) Make a final accounting to the court. (2) File all records of the district with the court. (b) The court s…

Sec. 2. A district may be dissolved by an election under this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 3. The freeholders of a district must present a petition to the board. The petition may be circulated and presented in separate parts, although all of the parts constitute a single petition. The petitioning freeholders must sign the petition, and the person who presents the …

Sec. 4. The board shall determine, in compliance with IC 14-33-2-2 and IC 14-33-2-3, whether the petition bears the same proportion of signatures of freeholders of the district as that section requires to initiate the proceedings to establish a district. If the board finds in the…

Sec. 5. (a) Within ten (10) days after the board certifies to the court, the board shall fix the following: (1) A convenient and suitable place for the election. (2) The date for the election not less than fifteen (15) and not more than thirty (30) days after the last publication…

Sec. 6. (a) The board shall do the following: (1) Prepare a list of the freeholders of the district. (2) Have the county auditor certify the list. (3) Make the list available for the inspection of any freeholder of the district. (4) Place the list in the permanent files of the di…

Sec. 7. The board shall prepare and furnish ballots in sufficient number in the following form: "Shall the ____________ Conservancy District be dissolved?" [ ] Yes [ ] No [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.…

Sec. 8. The board shall do the following: (1) Appoint an assistant secretary. (2) Provide a voting list at each voting place. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

Sec. 9. (a) Before the voting begins, the chairman of the board shall appoint three (3) freeholders of the district as clerks to conduct the election. (b) Before casting a vote, each freeholder must sign the list of freeholders opposite the freeholder's name in the presence of th…

Sec. 1. (a) The director: (1) may, after an opportunity for a public hearing under IC 4-21.5-3, assess a civil penalty on a permittee who violates: (A) this article; or (B) IC 13-4.1 (before its repeal); and (2) shall, if the director has issued a cessation order for the violatio…

Sec. 2. In determining the amount of a civil penalty under section 1 of this chapter, the director shall consider the following: (1) The permittee's history of previous violations at the surface coal mining and reclamation operation. (2) The seriousness of the violation, includin…

Sec. 3. Each day in violation of: (1) IC 13-4.1 (before its repeal); or (2) this article; may be considered a separate violation for purposes of assessing a civil penalty. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-12-1(c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27.

Sec. 4. (a) Upon the issuance of a notice or an order charging that a violation of IC 13-4.1 (before its repeal) or this article has occurred, the director shall, within thirty (30) days, do the following: (1) Inform the permittee of the amount of penalty assessed. (2) Issue an o…

Sec. 5. The director may request the attorney general to institute an action in an appropriate court in the county in which the permittee's surface coal mining and reclamation operation is located for recovery of civil penalties owed under this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification C…

Sec. 6. (a) A person who: (1) knowingly violates: (A) a condition of a permit issued under: (i) IC 13-4.1 (before its repeal); or (ii) this article; (B) this article; or (C) an order issued under: (i) IC 13-4.1 (before its repeal); or (ii) this article; or (2) knowingly makes a f…