§ 14-27-7.5-1 Applicability; exception
§ 14-27-7.5-2 “Hazard classification system”
§ 14-27-7.5-3 “Height”
§ 14-27-7.5-4 “Owner”
§ 14-27-7.5-5 “Structure”
§ 14-27-7.5-6 “Volume”
§ 14-27-7.5-7 Maintenance, repair, and sale; duties of owner
§ 14-27-7.5-8 Powers and duties of department; hazard classifications; notice
§ 14-27-7.5-9 High hazard structures; inspections; report; duty to make repairs or alterations; notice of violation
§ 14-27-7.5-10 Significant and low hazard structures; inspections; reports; fees
§ 14-27-7.5-11 Notice of violation
§ 14-27-7.5-12 Emergency measures to protect life and property
§ 14-27-7.5-13 Violations
§ 14-27-7.5-14 Right of entry upon premises; notice
§ 14-27-7.5-15 Exemption of department from liability
§ 14-27-7.5-16 Request to have structure declared high hazard; notice
§ 14-27-7.5-17 Prior law; expiration
§ 14-27-7.5-18 Emergency action plans
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 27 > Chapter 7.5 - Regulation of Dams

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • hazard classification system: means a rating assigned to a structure by the department based on:

    Indiana Code 14-27-7.5-2

  • height: means the vertical dimension of a structure as measured from the lowest point in the natural streambed or watercourse under the centerline of the structure to the top of the structure. See Indiana Code 14-27-7.5-3
  • Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • owner: means an individual, a firm, a partnership, a copartnership, a lessee, an association, a corporation, an executor, an administrator, a trustee, the state, an agency of the state, a municipal corporation, a political subdivision of the state, a legal entity, a drainage district, a levee district, a conservancy district, any other district established by law, or any other person who has a right, a title, or an interest in or to the property upon which the structure is located. See Indiana Code 14-27-7.5-4
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • structure: means a dam and its appurtenant works. See Indiana Code 14-27-7.5-5
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • volume: means the amount of water that is impounded by a structure:

    Indiana Code 14-27-7.5-6