Sec. 23. (a) The Wabash River heritage corridor fund is established for the purpose of:

(1) providing grants to aid the sustainable development of property under the Wabash River heritage corridor commission master plan and purposes of the commission; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-13-6-23

  • commission: refers to the Wabash River heritage corridor commission established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-13-6-2
  • corridor: refers to the Wabash River heritage corridor. See Indiana Code 14-13-6-3
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Wabash River: includes the following:

    Indiana Code 14-13-6-4

  • Wabash River heritage corridor: means the strip of land in Indiana abutting:

    Indiana Code 14-13-6-5

(2) paying costs incurred in fulfilling the directives of the Wabash River heritage corridor commission master plan, including multicounty projects.

However, the commission may not use money in the fund for the upper Wabash River basin commission established by IC 14-30-4-6.

     (b) The fund shall be administered by the director under the direction of the commission.

     (c) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.

     (d) The fund consists of the following:

(1) Appropriations made by the general assembly.

(2) Interest as provided in subsection (e).

(3) Funds deposited under IC 14-38-1-13(d).

(4) Money donated to the fund.

(5) Money transferred to the fund from other funds.

     (e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.

     (f) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.

     (g) Money in the fund is annually appropriated to the department of natural resources for its use in fulfilling the purposes of this section.

As added by P.L.118-2009, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.69-2009, SEC.2.

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