(a) 'Watercourse', for purposes of IC 14-25 through IC 14-30, means a channel that:(1) has defined banks;(2) is cut by erosion of running water through turf, soil, rock, or other material; and(3) has a bottom over which water flows for substantial periods of the year.(b) The term includes the following:(1) The upstream and downstream parts of a watercourse that is lost in a swamp or a lake if the watercourse emerges from the swamp or lake in a well defined channel.(2) A watercourse that has been improved by confining the watercourse in an artificial channel.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-1-4(4).]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.138-2018, SEC.2.
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