§ 33-27-3-1 — Duties

Indiana § 33-27-3-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 27: JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION
• Ch. 3: Duties of the Commission; Appointments to Judicial

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(a) When a vacancy occurs in the supreme
court, the court of appeals, or the tax court, the clerk of the court shall
promptly notify the chairman of the commission of the vacancy.
(b) The chairman shall call a meeting of the commission not later
than twenty (20) days after receiving the notice.
(c) The commission shall submit the nominations of three (3)
candidates for the vacancy and certify them to the governor as promptly
as possible, but not later than seventy (70) days after the time the
vacancy occurs.
(d) When it is known that a vacancy will occur at a definite future
date, but the vacancy has not yet occurred, the clerk shall notify the
commission immediately of the future vacancy, and the commission
may, not later than sixty (60) days after receiving the notice of the
vacancy, make nominations and submit to the governor the names of
three (3) persons nominated for the future vacancy.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-4-6.]

Legislative History

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