Indiana § 8-10-5-1 - Definitions
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§ 8-10-5-1. Definitions
Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Port authority" means a port authority created pursuant to authority of this chapter.
(2) The terms "port" or "harbor" may be used interchangeably and when used in this chapter shall mean any area used for servicing, storing, protecting, mooring, loading or unloading, or repairing any watercraft, on or adjacent to any body of water which may be wholly or partially within or wholly or partially adjacent to the state of Indiana. The terms include a breakwater area.
(3) The term "watercraft" shall mean any vessel, barge, boat, ship, tug, sailingcraft, skiff, raft, inboard or outboard propelled boat, or any contrivance known on March 13, 1959, or invented after March 13, 1959, used or designed for navigation of or use upon water, including a vessel permanently anchored in a port.
(4) "Publication" means publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks:
(A) with each publication of notice made in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, county, or counties where publication is required to be made; or
(B) with the first publication of notice made in a newspaper described in clause (A) and the second publication of notice:
(i) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and
(ii) on the official website of the city, county, or counties where publication is required to be made.
(5) The term "governing body" shall mean the legislative authority of the governmental unit or units establishing or having established a port authority under the provisions of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1959, c.343, s.1; Acts 1961, c.247, s.1. As amended by P.L.66-1984, SEC.21; P.L.103-1993, SEC.1; P.L.152-2021, SEC.6; P.L.1-2025, SEC.126.
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