Indiana House Bill 1402

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Local government permits for shoreline structures. Amends the law concerning public freshwater lakes to provide that a person who intends to construct a boathouse or any other permanent structure that has both walls and a roof over, along, or lakeward of the shoreline or water line of a public freshwater lake must obtain a construction permit from the local building department of the county or municipality in which the construction would take place and need not obtain a permit from the department of natural resources (department). Amends the law concerning construction in floodways to provide that a person who intends to construct a boathouse or any other permanent structure that has both walls and a roof at the edge of a body of water in a floodway must obtain a construction permit from the local building department of the county or municipality in which the construction would take place and need not obtain a permit from the department.

Local government permits for shoreline structures.

Rep. Ben Smaltz [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-11	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2024-01-11	House	Authored by Representative Smaltz

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1402/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1402/HB1402.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1402/fiscal-notes/HB1402.01.INTR.FN001.pdf