1. (a) The owner or owners of the entire shoreline or water line of:

   1. (1) a lake;
   2. (2) a pond; or

   3. (3) another reasonably permanent body of water that is substantially at rest;

      may petition the department to declare the body of water a public freshwater lake.

2. (b) If the department, in writing, grants the petition under subsection (a), the body of water becomes subject to this chapter.

As added by P.L.6-2008, SEC.12.