Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "landscape survey" means a systematic scientific identification, inventory, and mapping of the features of the earth's surface that serve to constitute the landscape of a given area, including key factors such as the following: (1) Land form. (2) Vegetation. (3) Wildlife. (4) Physical characteristics. (5) Visual perception. (6) Historical and cultural sites. (b) The Indiana state department of agriculture shall use the money appropriated by the general assembly to initiate and carry out a program of landscape surveys for Indiana to develop and present the surficial landscape data and information necessary to promote wise land use decisions. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 13-4-3-3(i); 13-4-3-7.]
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