Sec. 22. (a) A person may not do any of the following on land classified as a filter strip:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), cultivate or harvest crops.
(2) Erect a dwelling or other building.
(3) Graze a domestic animal or permit grazing by a domestic animal.
(4) Burn.
(5) Mow before July of any year after the first year in which the filter strip is established.
(6) Engage in any practice that permanently alters land or vegetation on the land.
(b) A person may up to three (3) times a year cut grass-legumes for hay on land classified as a filter strip. However, reseeding is required upon recommendation of the county surveyor with the concurrence of the local soil and water conservation district in which the filter strip is located.
As added by P.L.55-1991, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 6.7. Assessment of Filter Strips
6-1.1-6.7-1. "Filter Strip" Defined
6-1.1-6.7-2. Classification of Parcels for Assessment as Filter Strips
6-1.1-6.7-3. Requirements for Classification as Filter Strip
6-1.1-6.7-4. Surveyor Description of Parcel; Plats; Photographs
6-1.1-6.7-5. Assessment of Parcel; Appeal
6-1.1-6.7-6. Application; Form and Contents
6-1.1-6.7-7. Approval of Application; Notice
6-1.1-6.7-8. Recordation of Approved Application
6-1.1-6.7-9. Assessment Rate of Filter Strips; Adjustment; Ditch Assessments
6-1.1-6.7-10. Mineral Production on Land Classified as Filter Strip; Assessment
6-1.1-6.7-11. Management of Filter Strip Land
6-1.1-6.7-13. Inspection of Parcels
6-1.1-6.7-14. Withdrawal of Land From Filter Strip Classification; Owner Request
6-1.1-6.7-15. Withdrawal of Land From Filter Strip Classification; County Surveyor Findings
6-1.1-6.7-16. Assessment of Land Following Withdrawal; Appeal
6-1.1-6.7-17. Withdrawal of Land by County Surveyor; Notice
6-1.1-6.7-18. Payment Upon Withdrawal of Land; Lien
6-1.1-6.7-19. Conveyance of Filter Strip Land
6-1.1-6.7-22. Prohibited Acts Upon Filter Strip Lands
6-1.1-6.7-23. Reconstruction of Drains; Withdrawal Assessment
6-1.1-6.7-24. County Drainage Boards; Establishment and Vegetation of Filter Strips