Indiana Code 14-26-8-61. Petitions filed under IC 36-9-27; duties of viewers and county surveyors
(1) the owners of land abutting or within four hundred forty (440) yards of the shoreline or water line of each lake likely to be affected;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-26-8-61
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- shoreline or water line: means the line that is formed around a lake by the intersection of the water in the lake with the adjoining land when the surface elevation of the lake is:
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(3) the department;
participate in the cost of constructing a dam or structure, diversion ditches, pumping stations, or other appurtenances necessary to protect and preserve the water level of the lake.
(b) If a request is made in a petition under subsection (a), the court having jurisdiction of the drainage proceedings shall appoint additional viewers as prescribed in this chapter to represent the county and the department. The viewers shall file a separate report on whether a dam, other structure, diversion ditch, pumping station, or other appurtenance is practicable and of public need.
(c) If the report of the viewers is in the affirmative, the county surveyor for the drainage project shall include in the report plans and specifications for the improvement and apportion assessments and damages in the same manner as prescribed in this chapter governing raising or maintaining lake levels.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-18-23(a).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.57-2013, SEC.16.