§ 14-30.5-3.5-7 — Powers concerning real or personal property; development of water resources

Indiana § 14-30.5-3.5-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 30.5: WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS
• Ch. 3.5: Purposes, Powers, and Duties of the Maumee River

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(a) A watershed development commission
may:
(1) acquire and dispose of real or personal property by grant, gift,
purchase, lease, devise, or otherwise;
(2) hold, use, improve, maintain, operate, own, manage, or lease
as lessor or lessee real or personal property or any interest in that
property;
(3) acquire by grant, gift, purchase, or devise an improvement
within a five hundred (500) year flood plain, also known as a
two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) annual chance of occurrence
flood plain, in the commission's designated watershed for the
purpose of removal of those improvements; and
(4) adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that restrict construction within a
one hundred (100) year flood plain, also known as a one percent
(1%) annual chance of occurrence flood plain, in the
commission's designated watershed;
for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
(b) A watershed development commission may exercise the powers
granted by this section as follows:
(1) For the development of the water resources of the
commission's designated watershed.
(2) For the purposes of IC 32-23-5.
(3) To contribute to the following:
(A) Flood control or mitigation.
(B) Flood damage reduction.
(C) Water quality.
(D) Soil conservation.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.104-2025, SEC.5.