§ 14-32-7-8 — "Landscape survey"

Indiana § 14-32-7-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 32: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
• Ch. 7: Duties of Department

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(a) As used in this section, "landscape survey"
means a systematic scientific identification, inventory, and mapping of
the features of the earth's surface that serve to constitute the landscape
of a given area, including key factors such as the following:
(1) Land form.
(2) Vegetation.
(3) Wildlife.
(4) Physical characteristics.
(5) Visual perception.
(6) Historical and cultural sites.
(b) The Indiana state department of agriculture shall use the money
appropriated by the general assembly to initiate and carry out a
program of landscape surveys for Indiana to develop and present the
surficial landscape data and information necessary to promote wise
land use decisions.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 13-4-3-3(i);
13-4-3-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.136-1997, SEC.39; P.L.1-2006, SEC.225; P.L.120-2008, SEC.18.