§ 3-12-10-2.1 — Members

Indiana § 3-12-10-2.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 12: ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
• Ch. 10: State Recount Commission

Text

1. (a) Except as provided in this section, the
secretary of state and the designee of the state chairman of each of the
major political parties of the state shall serve as members of the state
recount commission.
(b) Except as provided in this section, the secretary of state shall
serve as the chair of the state recount commission.
(c) If an election to the office of secretary of state is the subject of
a petition filed under IC 3-12-11, final determination of all petitions
filed under IC 3-12-11 relating to that election must be made before
January 1 after the election.
(d) The secretary of state may not serve on the commission if the
secretary of state is:
(1) a petitioner under IC 3-12-11; or
(2) named as a candidate in a petition under IC 3-12-11;
until the commission makes a final determination under IC 3-12-11 of
all related petitions in which the secretary of state is a petitioner or is
named.
(e) If the secretary of state may not serve on the commission under
subsection (d), the state chairman of the same major political party as
the secretary of state shall designate another individual to serve as a
member and chair of the commission. The other individual must have
voted in the most recent primary election of the political party of the
state chairman making the appointment. The individual serves until the
commission issues its final determination of all petitions relating to the
election that are described in subsection (d). The secretary of state shall
then resume as a member and the chairman of the state recount
commission.
(f) An individual who serves on the state recount commission as
secretary of state ceases to be a member of the commission when the
individual ceases to be secretary of state.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.8-1995, SEC.56.