Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 3 of this chapter, a person may open burn the following for maintenance purposes:
(1) Vegetation from:
(A) a farm;
(B) an orchard;
(C) a nursery;
(D) a tree farm;
(E) a cemetery; or
(F) a drainage ditch.
(2) Vegetation from agricultural land if the open burn occurs in an unincorporated area.
(3) Wood products derived from pruning or clearing a roadside by a county highway department.
(4) Wood products derived from the initial clearing of a public utility right-of-way if the open burn occurs in an unincorporated area.
(5) Undesirable:
(A) wood structures on real property; or
(B) wood remnants of the demolition of a predominantly wooden structure originally located on real property;
located in an unincorporated area.
(b) A person who is allowed to open burn under subsection (a) is not required to obtain:
(1) a permit; or
(2) any other authorization;
from the department, a unit of local government, or a volunteer fire department before conducting the open burning.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-1.2-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.35; P.L.238-2003, SEC.1.
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