§ 33-27-2-1 — Nonattorney commissioners; appointment; term; residency; vacancy

(a) The governor shall appoint three (3)
nonattorney citizens of Indiana, one (1) each from the First District, the
Second District, and the Third District of the court of appeals, as
commissioners of the judicial nominating commission.
(b) One (1) month before the expiration of a term of office of a
nonattorney commissioner, the governor shall either reappoint the
commissioner as provided in section 5 of this chapter or appoint a new
nonattorney commissioner. All appointments made by the governor to
the judicial nominating commission shall be certified to the secretary
of state and to the clerk of the supreme court not later than ten (10)
days after the appointment.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e), the governor shall appoint
each nonattorney commissioner for a term of three (3) years.
(d) An appointed nonattorney commissioner must reside in the court
of appeals district for which the nonattorney commissioner was
appointed. A nonattorney commissioner is considered to have resigned
the position if the residency of the nonattorney commissioner changes
from the court of appeals district for which the nonattorney
commissioner was appointed.
(e) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a nonattorney
commissioner, the chairman of the commission shall promptly notify
the governor in writing. Vacancies in the office of nonattorney
commissioners shall be filled by appointment by the governor not later
than sixty (60) days after the governor receives notice of the vacancy.
The term of the nonattorney commissioner appointed to fill the vacancy
is for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the new
nonattorney commissioner has filled.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-4-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.6.