Indiana § 14-32-8-7 Expenditures from fund

Indiana Statutes

§ 14-32-8-7 — Expenditures from fund

Indiana·Art. 32 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION·Ch. 8 Clean Water Indiana Program

Money in the fund may be spent in the following ways:

(1)To increase district technical assistance in local conservation efforts.

(2)To develop an environmental stewardship program to assist land occupiers in complying with environmental regulations voluntarily.

(3)To qualify for federal matching funds.

(4)To provide for the following cost sharing programs:

(A)A program to encourage land occupiers to implement conservation practices to reduce nutrient, pesticide, and sediment runoff.

(B)Programs that encourage land occupiers to implement nutrient management programs by sharing the cost of any of the following:

(i)Fencing for intensive grazing systems.

(ii)Purchasing nutrient management equipment.

(iii)Voluntary environmental audits.

(iv)Other similar expenditures related to nutri

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Money in the fund may be spent in the
following ways:
(1) To increase district technical assistance in local conservation
efforts.
(2) To develop an environmental stewardship program to assist
land occupiers in complying with environmental regulations
voluntarily.
(3) To qualify for federal matching funds.
(4) To provide for the following cost sharing programs:
(A) A program to encourage land occupiers to implement
conservation practices to reduce nutrient, pesticide, and
sediment runoff.
(B) Programs that encourage land occupiers to implement
nutrient management programs by sharing the cost of any of the
following:
(i) Fencing for intensive grazing systems.
(ii) Purchasing nutrient management equipment.
(iii) Voluntary environmental audits.
(iv) Other similar expenditures related to nutrient
management.
(5) To provide matching grants to districts for the following:
(A) Professional watershed coordinators to facilitate and
administer local watershed protection projects.
(B) District managers to administer district conservation
policies and programs.
(6) To increase state technical and capacity building assistance to
districts and local conservation efforts by providing for the
following:
(A) Capacity building specialists to train district personnel in
grant writing, grant administration, and leadership
development.
(B) Conservation education specialists to help implement
district conservation education efforts.
(C) Urban storm water specialists to provide technical
assistance to developers to contain soil erosion on construction
sites.
(7) To make distributions as provided under section 8 of this
chapter.
(8) Implementation of geographic information systems (GIS) or
similar technology.
(9) To provide for the management of invasive plant species.