§ 33-27-3-6 — Meetings

Indiana § 33-27-3-6

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

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(a) The judicial nominating commission shall
meet as necessary to discharge the commission's responsibilities under
the Constitution of the State of Indiana and the state laws. Meetings of
the commission shall be called by the chairman, or if the chairman fails
to call a meeting when a meeting is necessary, upon the call of any four
(4) members of the commission. When a meeting is called, the
chairman shall give each member of the commission at least five (5)
days written notice by mail of the time and place of the meeting unless
the commission at its previous meeting designated the time and place
of the next meeting.
(b) Meetings of the commission must be held at a place in Indiana,
as arranged by the chairman of the commission.
(c) The commission shall act only at a meeting and may act only on
the concurrence of a majority of the members attending a meeting. The
commission may not vote to reduce the number of candidates for
further consideration or to submit or not submit the list of nominees
under subsection (e) during an executive session. Four (4) members
constitute a quorum.
(d) The commission may adopt reasonable and proper rules for the
conduct of its proceedings and the discharge of its duties. The rules
must comply with this chapter and include procedures by which
eligible candidates for a vacancy in the supreme court or court of
appeals may submit their names to the commission. The rules are
public records, and the meetings of the commission at which the rules
are considered for initial adoption or amendment must be publicly
announced and open to the public.
(e) Notwithstanding IC 5-14-1.5-2, the commission is a public
agency for the purposes of IC 5-14-1.5. The commission may meet in
executive session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1 for the consideration of a
candidate for judicial appointment if:
(1) notice of the executive session is given in the manner
prescribed by IC 5-14-1.5-5;
(2) all interviews of candidates are conducted at meetings open to
the public; and
(3) copies of all attributable communications (as defined in
section 2(i) of this chapter) concerning the candidates have been
provided to all commission members and made available for
public inspection and copying.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-4-8.]

Legislative History

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