Sec. 7. (a) The commission shall administer and oversee a survey and remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan border.

     (b) The survey required by this section shall install relatively permanent monumentation at:

(1) the mile post positions and at other positions at or near lakes and large rivers as established by the original government survey of October 1827; or

(2) where necessary, witness corners to the positions referred to in subdivision (1).

However, the commission may not replace lost corner positions if the state of Michigan does not participate in the project as authorized by Michigan law.

     (c) The commission may procure professional surveying services through the Indiana department of administration. A contract for surveying services entered into under this subsection must be awarded to a company incorporated in Indiana.

     (d) The commission shall review the survey upon completion of each mile post.

     (e) Upon completion of the survey, the commission shall submit the survey to the general assembly for ratification.

     (f) If the survey is ratified by the general assembly under subsection (e), the commission shall file with the state land office established by IC 14-18-1.5-1 and with the county recorder’s office of each boundary county:

(1) a copy of the survey;

(2) a written report outlining substantive facts, evidence, and details relating to the survey; and

(3) appropriate references, and coordinates based on any coordinate system published by an agency of the state or federal government, for:

(A) each mile post;

(B) each post originally set at or near the shores of lakes or large rivers; and

(C) any witness corners;

as determined under this chapter.

As added by P.L.108-2019, SEC.37.