Sec. 6. The task force shall do the following:
(1) Review the responsibilities of landowners and state and local authorities under current laws relating to the drainage of land, including the following:
(A) IC 36-9-27, IC 36-9-27.4, and IC 14-27-8, the laws concerning drains, drainage boards, and drainage maintenance and repair districts.
(B) The law concerning federally regulated wetlands, including Sections 404 and 401 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344 and 33 U.S.C. 1341).
(C) IC 13-18-22, the law regulating wetland activity in state regulated wetlands.
(D) IC 14-28, the Indiana flood control law.
(2) Determine:
(A) whether authority over drainage matters is shifting from county drainage boards to state authorities;
(B) the extent to which the objective inherent in the drainage law, that of simply draining agricultural land, is yielding to conservation and pollution control objectives;
(C) whether the delays and costs associated with regulatory requirements applying to farm conservation projects are too great; and
(D) whether floodway permit requirements should apply to the installation of fences and the removal of embedded tree limbs and stumps on farmland located in floodways.
(3) Determine whether the balance between state authority and local authority over drainage of agricultural land favors state authority more in Indiana than in neighboring states.
As added by P.L.7-2022, SEC.1.