Sec. 304. (a) “Watercourse”, for purposes of IC 14-25 through IC 14-30, means a channel that:

(1) has defined banks;

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(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.

     (b) The term includes the following:

(1) The upstream and downstream parts of a watercourse that is lost in a swamp or a lake if the watercourse emerges from the swamp or lake in a well defined channel.

(2) A watercourse that has been improved by confining the watercourse in an artificial channel.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-1-4(4).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.138-2018, SEC.2.