Sec. 9. (a) The department of natural resources shall provide administrative and staff services for the commissioners from Indiana on the Commission as provided by this chapter.
(b) The deputy director for the bureau of resource management shall, without additional compensation, serve as technical secretary to the Commission in Indiana. The deputy director shall handle the correspondence, make or arrange for the investigations and surveys, and obtain, assemble, or prepare the reports and data that the commissioners direct and authorize.
(c) This section does not do any of the following:
(1) Alter or affect the obligations of all officers of this state under section 6 of this chapter.
(2) Alter the manner in which the commissioners from Indiana on the Commission are appointed.
(3) Alter any of the jurisdiction, authority, rights, powers, property, duties, responsibilities, causes of action, or defense vested on June 30, 1965, in or required of the following:
(A) The Commission.
(B) The commissioners from Indiana on the Commission.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3-9.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.217; P.L.127-2022, SEC.29.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 25. Water Rights and Resources
Chapter 13. Great Lakes Basin Compact
14-25-13-2. "Commission" Defined
14-25-13-4. Great Lakes Basin Compact
14-25-13-6. Duties of State Officers, Bureaus, and Departments
14-25-13-7. Submission of Budget
14-25-13-8. Governor to Transmit Copies to Parties
14-25-13-9. Administrative Duties; Rights and Obligations Not Affected