Indiana Code 14-27-7-8. Right of entry upon premises
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Sec. 8. The department and the department’s agents, engineers, and other employees may, for the purposes of determining the department’s jurisdiction and performing the engineering inspections provided in section 4 of this chapter, enter upon any land or water in Indiana without liability for trespass. The owner of a levee, dike, or floodwall and appurtenant works shall do the following:
(2) Facilitate access to the dike, floodwall, levee, or appurtenance.
(1) Cooperate with the department and the department’s agents, engineers, and other employees in the conduct of the inspections.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-27-7-8
- 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.
- owner: means an individual, a firm, a partnership, a copartnership, a lessee, an association, a corporation, an executor, an administrator, a trustee, the state, an agency of the state, a municipal corporation, a political subdivision of the state, a legal entity, a drainage district, a levee district, a conservancy district, any other district established by law, or any other person who has a right, a title, or an interest in or to the property upon which the levee, dike, or floodwall and appurtenant works is located. See Indiana Code 14-27-7-1
(3) Furnish upon request the plans, specifications, operating and maintenance data, or other information that is pertinent to the dike, floodwall, levee, or appurtenance.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-20-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.148-2002, SEC.13.