Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to an off-stream, privately owned pond, lake, reservoir, or other body of water designed and constructed primarily for the reduction or control of pollutants or cooling before discharge of the water into the public water of Indiana.

     (b) A body of water subject to this section does not become a body of public water for the purpose of permitting the state to regulate the quality of water.

     (c) The state and the citizens of Indiana do not acquire a continuing right or interest in a body of water subject to this section if the owner permits entrance to or recreational use of the body of water by the public.

     (d) IC 14-22-10-2 applies to a body of water operated under this section.

     (e) This section does not affect the duties of the department to enforce Indiana fish and wildlife laws as the laws apply to public entrance or recreational use of the body of water.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-11.1-10.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.19.