Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 29. "Buildings and grounds", for purposes of IC 14-20-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-20-7-1. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-27-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 29.7. "Bureau", for purposes of IC 14-11-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-11-3-0.3. As added by P.L.257-1997(ss), SEC.24.

Sec. 290. "United States" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-28-1 and IC 14-28-3, the following: (A) The United States government. (B) An agency, an officer, a board, a bureau, a commission, a department, a division, or an instrumentality of the United States. (…

Sec. 290.5. "Unmanned aerial vehicle", for purposes of IC 14-22-6-16, has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-342.3. As added by P.L.25-2024, SEC.1.

Sec. 291. "Unwarranted failure to comply", for purposes of IC 14-34-15-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-34-15-7. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-1-3(13).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 291.5. "Upper Wabash River basin", for purposes of IC 14-30-6 and IC 14-30-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-30-7-3. As added by P.L.35-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.123-2026, SEC.14.

Sec. 292. "Urban geology survey", for purposes of IC 14-32-7-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-32-7-7. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-3-3(g).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 293. "User", for purposes of IC 14-33-22, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-33-22-4. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-6-2(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 294.5. "Utility", for purposes of IC 14-18-10, includes a communications service provider (as defined in IC 8-1-32.5-4). As added by P.L.145-2015, SEC.5.

Sec. 294.6. "Utility owner", as used in IC 14-33-24, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-33-24-5. As added by P.L.148-2020, SEC.12.

Sec. 296. "Vehicle", for purposes of IC 14-16-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-16-1-7. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-3-1(g).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 297. "Visible", for purposes of IC 14-15, means capable of being seen by a person of normal vision on a dark and clear night. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-1-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 298. "Vital", for purposes of IC 14-24-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-24-5-1. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-1-18.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 298.5. "Volume", for purposes of IC 14-27-7.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-27-7.5-6. As added by P.L.148-2002, SEC.5.

Sec. 299. "Wabash River", for purposes of IC 14-13-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-13-6-4. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-36-5.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. "Affected area", for purposes of IC 14-36-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-36-1-4. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-6-2(h).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 3.2. "Affidavit", for the purposes of IC 14-25.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-25.5-1-1.5. As added by P.L.9-2024, SEC.348.

Sec. 30. "Burial ground", for purposes of IC 14-21, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-21-1-3. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.4-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.46-2000, SEC.2.

Sec. 300. "Wabash River heritage corridor", for purposes of IC 14-13-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-13-6-5. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-36-6.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 301. "Wake" or "wash", for purposes of IC 14-15, means a track left by a watercraft causing waves that: (1) disrupt other water sport activities; or (2) may cause injury or damage to individuals, watercraft, or property. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-1-1-1 part.] As …

Sec. 301.1. "Wake boarding" means to: (1) use a short board with or without foot bindings on which a rider is towed by a motorboat across a wake; or (2) operate a motorboat that creates a wake and that tows or is intended to tow a person who uses a short board with or without foo…

Sec. 301.4. "Wake surfing" means to: (1) surf a wake, regardless of whether the person is being pulled by a tow rope attached to the motorboat that is producing the wake; or (2) operate a motorboat that creates a wake that is or is intended to be surfed by another person. As adde…

Sec. 302. "Waste" or "wasted" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-25-3, the meaning set forth in IC 14-25-3-2. (2) For purposes of IC 14-37, the term includes the following: (A) Locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing a well for oil and ga…

Sec. 303. "Water containing state owned fish", for purposes of IC 14-22, means any water on public or private land that: (1) permits ingress by fish from waters of the state; or (2) has been stocked with state owned fish. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-2-1 part.] As adde…

Sec. 304. (a) "Watercourse", for purposes of IC 14-25 through IC 14-30, means a channel that: (1) has defined banks; (2) is cut by erosion of running water through turf, soil, rock, or other material; and (3) has a bottom over which water flows for substantial periods of the year…

Sec. 305. "Watercraft", for purposes of IC 14-15, IC 14-29-8, and IC 14-33-24, means any instrumentality or device in or by means of which a person may be transported upon the public water of Indiana. The term includes a motorboat, sailboat, rowboat, skiff, dinghy, or canoe: (1) …

Sec. 306. "Water facilities" and "water supply", for purposes of IC 14-33-20, have the meaning set forth in IC 14-33-20-3. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-4-1(c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 307. "Water of the state", for purposes of IC 14-22, means a lake, reservoir, marsh, waterway, or other water: (1) under public: (A) ownership; (B) jurisdiction; or (C) lease; or (2) that has been used by the public with the acquiescence of any or all riparian owners. [Pre-1…

Sec. 308. "Water resource", for purposes of IC 14-25-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-25-7-8. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-6.1-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 309. "Water resources", for purposes of IC 14-28-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-28-1-4. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-22-3(16).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 31. "Burial object", for purposes of IC 14-21-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-21-1-4. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.4-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 310. (a) "Watershed", for purposes of IC 14-25 through IC 14-29, means an area: (1) from which water drains to a common point; and (2) for: (A) a watercourse, that is measured to the mouth of the watercourse; and (B) any part of a watercourse, that is measured to the farthes…

Sec. 311. "Water supply", for purposes of IC 14-25 through IC 14-29, means the volume of water designated for use in or by a beneficial process or purpose in the satisfaction of domestic, municipal, agricultural, industrial, commercial, recreational, power, transportation, stream…

Sec. 312. "Water supply reservoir", for purposes of IC 14-26-2-16, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-26-2-16. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-11.1-15(a).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 313. "Water supply storage", for purposes of IC 14-25 through IC 14-29, means the part of a reservoir impoundment designated or allocated for water supply purposes. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-1-4(9).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 314. "Water use easement", for purposes of IC 14-29-6-13, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-29-6-13. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-26-3(i).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 315. "Waterway", for purposes of IC 14-22 and IC 14-28-1-22, means a river, stream, ditch, canal, or other channel through which water may flow continuously or seasonally. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-2-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.247-20…

Sec. 315.2. "Wear hunter orange", for purposes of IC 14-22-38-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-38-7(b). As added by P.L.104-2001, SEC.2.

Sec. 316. "Weed" means any plant that is competitive, persistent, pernicious, and interferes with human activity, and as a result is undesirable. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2.5-2(m).] As added by P.L.177-1995, SEC.3.

Sec. 317. "Well for oil and gas purposes", for purposes of IC 14-37, means a well bore drilled, deepened, or converted for any purpose for which a permit is required under IC 14-37. The term includes the following: (1) An oil well. (2) A natural gas well. (3) A coal bed methane w…

Sec. 318. "Wild animal" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-22, except as provided in subdivision (2), an animal whose species usually: (A) lives in the wild; or (B) is not domesticated. (2) For purposes of IC 14-22-38-6, the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-38-6. […

Sec. 319. "Wild ginseng", for purposes of IC 14-31-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-31-3-6. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-8-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 32. "Burns Waterway", for purposes of IC 14-13-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-13-2-1. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-29.5-2(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 320. "Wildlife" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-22, except as provided in subdivision (2), means all wild birds, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. (2) For purposes of IC 14-22-34, the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-34-6. [Pre…

Sec. 321. "Withdrawal use", for purposes of IC 14-25-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-25-7-9. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-6.1-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 322. "Works", for purposes of IC 14-33-22, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-33-22-5. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-6-2(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.