Authority: IC 25-36.5-1-9

Affected: IC 4-21.5-3-6; IC 25-36.5-1

Sec. 1. The division director may, under IC 4-21.5-3-6, issue a notice of bond forfeiture for any of the following reasons:

1. (1) A timber buyer has failed, as determined following a completed proceeding under 312 IAC 14-6, to pay when due any amount owed to a timber grower for timber purchased.
2. (2) A timber buyer has failed, as determined following a completed proceeding under 312 IAC 14-6, to pay damages for timber wrongfully cut by a timber buyer or an agent.

3. (3) A notice of violation has been issued against a timber buyer under 312 IAC 14-4-2 and the timber buyer has failed to do either of the following:

   1. (A) Abates the violation.
   2. (B) Request administrative review of the notice of violation in a timely fashion. Provided, however, that the division director may forfeit bond where the opportunity for review is exhausted, and a determination is made with respect to a notice of violation which is adverse to a timber buyer.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 14-5-1; filed May 27, 1997, 3:50 p.m.: 20 IR 2748; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed May 26, 2009, 11:21 a.m.: 20090624-IR-312090154RFA; readopted filed Sep 30, 2015, 11:55 a.m.: 20151028-IR-312150156RFA; readopted filed May 19, 2021, 4:16 p.m.: 20210616-IR-312210110RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)