This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

1. (1) An artificial lake that is created or used in or in connection with the following:

   1. (A) Supplying a city or town with water.
   2. (B) The generation of electric energy.
   3. (C) The storage of water for a use described in clause (A) or (B).
2. (2) The waters of Lake Michigan.
3. (3) A lake owned or controlled by the department.

4. (4) The waters of an artificial lake in a town located in a county having a population of more than forty-seven thousand (47,000) and less than forty-eight thousand (48,000).

   [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-16-2.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.170-2002, SEC.94; P.L.119-2012, SEC.120; P.L.104-2022, SEC.93.