§ 14-33-1-1 — General purposes

Indiana § 14-33-1-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 33: CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS
• Ch. 1: Purposes

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(a) A conservancy district may be established
for any of the following purposes:
(1) Flood prevention and control.
(2) Improving drainage.
(3) Providing for irrigation.
(4) Providing water supply, including treatment and distribution,
for domestic, industrial, and public use.
(5) Providing for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage
and other liquid wastes.
(6) Developing forests, wildlife areas, parks, and recreational
facilities if feasible in connection with beneficial water
management.
(7) Preventing the loss of topsoil from injurious water erosion.
(8) Storage of water for augmentation of stream flow.
(9) Operation, maintenance, and improvement of:
(A) a work of improvement for water based recreational
purposes; or
(B) other work of improvement that could have been built for
any other purpose authorized by this section.
(b) These purposes may be accomplished by cooperating with
federal and state agencies whose programs are designed to accomplish
any of the purposes of the district.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-2(a), (b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.