§ 13-12-4-4 — State responsibilities

Indiana § 13-12-4-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 12: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 4: Environmental Impact Statements

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To carry out the policy set forth in this chapter,
it is the continuing responsibility of the state to use all practicable
means, consistent with other essential considerations of state policy, to
improve and coordinate state plans, functions, programs, and resources
to the end that the state may do the following:
(1) Fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the
environment for succeeding generations.
(2) Assure for all citizens of Indiana safe, healthful, productive,
and esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings.
(3) Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment
without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable
and unintended consequences.
(4) Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of
our national heritage and maintain, wherever possible, an
environment that supports diversity and variety of individual
choice.
(5) Achieve a balance between population and resource use that
will permit high standards of living and a wise sharing of life's
amenities.
(6) Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the
maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-10-2(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.2.