§ 14-25-1-11 — Findings; requirements for diversion of water outside the basin; rules

Indiana § 14-25-1-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 25: WATER RIGHTS AND RESOURCES
• Ch. 1: Water Rights; Surface Water

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(a) The general assembly finds that a
diversion of water out of the basin, unless conducted under the Great
Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, will
impair or destroy the Great Lakes. The general assembly further finds
that the regulation of a diversion of water from the basin is consistent
with the mandate of the Preamble to and Article 14, Section 1 of the
Constitution of the State of Indiana, the United States Constitution, and
the federal legislation according to which Indiana was granted
statehood.
(b) Water may not be diverted outside the basin from that part of the
basin within Indiana unless the diversion is:
(1) approved by the governor of each Great Lakes state under 42
U.S.C. 1962d-20 (Water Resources Development Act); or
(2) conducted:
(A) after the effective date of; and
(B) in accordance with the requirements of;
the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources
Compact.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this
section.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-1-9.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.71-2004, SEC.2; P.L.4-2008, SEC.3.