§ 3-8-5-3 — Town committees

Indiana § 3-8-5-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 8: CANDIDATES
• Ch. 5: Town Conventions and Major Political Party

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(a) Each of the major political parties of the state
shall have a committee in a town subject to this chapter known as the
__________ town committee of the town of ____________
(designating the name of the party and the town).
(b) A political party's town committee consists of the following
individuals:
(1) A registered voter of the town appointed by the political
party's county chairman of the county containing the greatest
percentage of the population of the town. The individual
appointed under this subdivision is the chairman of the town
committee. The county chairman may not appoint an individual
who holds a town office for the town.
(2) A registered voter of the town appointed by the political
party's town chairman. The individual appointed under this
subdivision is the secretary of the town committee.
(c) A member of a town committee serves until the member's
successor is appointed and qualified.
(d) A member of the town committee serves at the pleasure of the
appointing authority of the member.
(e) The individual who is town chairman vacates the office
whenever the individual becomes a candidate for a town office of the
town.
(f) A vacancy on the town committee shall be filled by the
appointing authority of the member who vacated the committee.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7.5-3(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.112; P.L.4-1996, SEC.26.