§ 3-12-11-21 — Recount for legislative office; deadline; certification of results

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a
recount or contest for election to a legislative office shall be completed
by the state recount commission not later than December 20 after the
election.
(b) The state recount commission may adopt orders extending the
deadline for completion of a recount or contest to a date specified in
the order if the commission finds that there is good cause to do so.
(c) Not later than seven (7) days after the state recount commission
completes a recount, the election division shall prepare two (2)
certified statements showing the total number of votes that each
candidate received. The election division shall transmit one (1)
statement to the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the
office. After the statements have been prepared, the secretary of state
shall deliver the other statement to the presiding officer of the house in
which the successful candidate is to be seated.
(d) The statement shall be referred by the presiding officer for such
action as that house considers appropriate.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.7-1986, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.177; P.L.3-1993, SEC.218; P.L.3-1997, SEC.375; P.L.103-2005, SEC.20; P.L.225-2011, SEC.77.