Indiana Code
Chapter 7. Water Resource Management
14-25-7-10. Administration of Chapter

Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall administer this chapter.
(b) The deputy director for the bureau of resource management shall serve as technical secretary to the commission. The deputy director shall perform the duties that are required by this chapter or that the commission directs.
(c) The advisory council established by IC 14-9-6-1 shall serve in an advisory capacity to the commission with respect to the implementation of the commission's powers and duties, including the drafting of rules and development of inventories, assessments, and plans.
(d) For the time that the advisory council is involved in the drafting of rules, the membership of the council shall be augmented as follows:
(1) Two (2) members of the senate, not more than one (1) of whom may be of the same political party, shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years by the president pro tempore of the senate.
(2) Two (2) members of the house of representatives, not more than one (1) of whom may be of the same political party, shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years by the speaker of the house of representatives.
These members are entitled to travel expenses and a per diem allowance as determined by the budget agency for members of boards and commissions generally.
(e) The department shall provide professional, technical, and clerical personnel, equipment, supplies, and support services reasonably required to assist the commission in the exercise of the commission's powers and duties under this chapter. The department shall include money for this purpose in the regular operating budget requests of the department.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-6.1-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.95-2006, SEC.9; P.L.127-2022, SEC.28.

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