Ditches or drains through line of freshwater lake; dam required

Ind. Code § 14-26-7-2
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Sec. 2. A: (1) person may not locate, make, dig, dredge, or in any manner construct; and (2) court, county executive, body of viewers, or drainage commissioners may not order or recommend the location, establishment, or construction of; a ditch or drain cutting into, through, or upon the line of a freshwater lake unless a dam has been provided for and constructed to adequately protect the water level of each lake likely to be affected. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-17-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.19.
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