Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC
14-10-2-1; IC
14-10-2-4; IC
14-11-2-1; IC
14-19-1-1
Affected: IC
14-19-1-1; IC
14-22-11-1
Sec. 8.
(a) A person
must not operate a vehicle:
(1) at a speed
greater than:
(A) thirty (30) miles per hour
on straight, open stretches of road; or
(B) fifteen (15) miles per hour on steep
grades or curves or where posted; or
(2) except as provided in section 17 of this
rule, other than on a public road.
(b) A person must not park:
(1) a vehicle;
(2) a boat; or
(3) associated equipment; except at a site
designated by the department.
(c) A person must not operate a motorized
cart on DNR property unless:
(1) the person
is using the motorized cart within a campground and:
(A) meets the requirements set forth in IC
14-19-1-1(2)(A);
(B) meets the requirements set forth in IC
14-19-1-1(2)(B);
or
(C) holds a valid driver's
license and is transporting another person as authorized under clause (A) or
(B);
(2) the motorized
cart, if operated between the hours of sunset and sunrise, has a lamp on the:
(A) front exhibiting a white light visible at
least five hundred (500) feet ahead of the motorized cart; and
(B) rear exhibiting a red light visible at
least five hundred (500) feet behind the motorized cart; and
(3) the operator of the motorized
cart complies with all restrictions applicable to the operation, parking, or
other use of a vehicle under this section.
(d) Unless an activity is licensed or
exempted from licensure under this rule, a person must not do the following:
(1) Leave the designated pathway for a trail
while moving cross-country.
(2)
Except on a trail designated for the purpose:
(A) hike;
(B) bike;
(C) ski;
(D) horseback ride; or
(E) operate an off-road vehicle or
snowmobile.
(3) Except
where designated by the department, ride, lead, drive, or hitch an
animal.
(e) A person must
not launch, dock, or moor a boat, except:
(1)
for approved periods; and
(2) at
sites designated by the department for those purposes.
(f) A person must not:
(1) leave a boat unattended in a courtesy
dock provided by the department; or
(2) moor a boat at a designated group dock or
mooring post unless the boat exhibits a valid mooring permit.
(g) A person must not operate or
maintain a boat on a lake unless the person does each of the following:
(1) Operates the boat according to the
horsepower or speed restrictions applicable to the lake.
(2) Except as provided in subdivisions (3)
and (6), obtains and displays a valid annual boat lake permit as follows:
(A) Purchase from the department a boat lake
permit under a fee schedule approved by the commission.
(B) Affix the permit in a visible location on
the forward half of the boat.
(3) Except as provided in subdivision (6),
for a motorboat, obtains and displays a valid annual motorboat lake permit as
follows:
(A) Purchase from the department a
motorboat lake permit under a fee schedule approved by the
commission.
(B) Affix the permit in
a visible location on the port (left) side immediately following the excise tax
decal or registration number.
(4) For a lake containing fewer than three
hundred (300) acres, operates a motorboat only if the motorboat is either of
the following:
(A) Powered by an electric
trolling motor with not more than:
(i) two
(2) 12-volt batteries; or
(ii) one
(1) 24-volt battery.
(B)
Operated on Loon Lake, Otter Lake, or Blue Grass Pit in the Blue Grass Fish and
Wildlife Area at not greater than idle speed.
(5) Removes a boat from the lake before the
expiration of fourteen (14) consecutive days, unless the boat is moored in an
area where the department has approved mooring for a longer duration.
(6) A lake located on a DNR property
administered by the division of fish and wildlife is exempted from subdivisions
(2) and (3).
(h) A person
must not leave a vehicle, a boat, or associated equipment at a DNR property
unless the person is actively engaged in the use of:
(1) a DNR property; or
(2) an adjacent:
(A) public freshwater lake; or
(B) navigable waterway.
(i) A person must not:
(1) land, taxi, take off, park, or moor an
airborne human transportation device; or
(2) knowingly land, taxi, take off, park, or
moor on DNR property an unmanned motor-driven airborne device.
(j) A person may operate a class 1
electric bicycle on a trail designated by the department as a mountain bike
trail.
Emergency Rule, LSA Document #22-16(E), temporarily
supplements this section, effective February 15, 2022. See LSA Document
22-16(E) posted at 20220126-IR-312220016ERA. LSA Document #22-16(E) expires on
February 14, 2023.
