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> 'A grave danger' to beach rights, Mayor, non-profits warn SB 581 strips rights, endangers lakefront
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post Feb 28 2019, 10:52 PM
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'A grave danger' to beach rights

So apparently the losing litigants in Gunderson v. State figure that, after losing in the Indiana Supreme Court, that the path to victory is to lobby the state legislature to change the statutes to keep the pesky public off "their" beaches.
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post Mar 1 2019, 10:45 AM
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I emailed both Bohacek and Holcomb about this.
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https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/polit...8985c7821f.html

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Two very different bills have passed the Indiana Senate, now working their way through the House. One is cheered by city leaders along Lake Michigan’s coast and advocates who want to ensure free use of the lake’s beaches, even along private homes.

The other bill is drawing criticism from those same advocates, saying it strips rights beachgoers have held for decades. Critics say Senate Bill 581 would undo the rights granted by both the Indiana and the U.S. Supreme Court, but the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Blake Doriot, R-Goshen, responded Wednesday that it won’t.

Doriot doesn’t deny another key point in his bill that has also raised opposition: It would allow the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to govern sea walls and other barriers and beach grooming by private landowners, overruling the ordinances that coastal cities have set to protect the dunes.

“I believe the DNR is the best agency equipped to do this,” he said, calling for “uniform regulations” rather than several local variations. He also noted the agency has biologists, botanists, staff and law enforcement to carry them out.
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