§ 33-33-45-34 — Vacancies; meetings of commission

(a) When a vacancy occurs in the superior
court of Lake County, the clerk of the court shall promptly notify the
chairperson and each member of the commission of the vacancy. The
chairperson shall call a meeting of the commission within ten (10) days
following the notice. The commission shall submit its nominations of
five (5) candidates for each vacancy and certify them to the governor
as promptly as possible, and not later than sixty (60) days after the
vacancy occurs. When it is known that a vacancy will occur at a
definite future date within the term of the governor then serving, but
the vacancy has not yet occurred, the clerk shall notify the chairperson
and each member of the commission immediately of the forthcoming
vacancy, and the commission may within fifty (50) days of the notice
of the vacancy make its nominations and submit to the governor the
names of five (5) persons nominated for the forthcoming vacancy.
(b) Meetings of the commission shall be called by its chairperson or,
if the chairperson fails to call a necessary meeting, upon the call of any
four (4) members of the commission. The chairperson, whenever the
chairperson considers a meeting necessary, or upon the request by any
four (4) members of the commission for a meeting, shall give each
member of the commission at least five (5) days written notice by mail
of the date, time, and place of every meeting unless the commission at
its previous meeting designated the date, time, and place of its next
meeting.
(c) Meetings of the commission are to be held at the Lake County
government center in Crown Point or another place, as the circuit court
clerk of Lake County may arrange, at the direction of the chairperson
of the commission.
(d) The commission may act only at a public meeting. IC 5-14-1.5
applies to meetings of the commission. The commission may not meet
in executive session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1 for the consideration of a
candidate for judicial appointment.
(e) The commission may act only by the concurrence of a majority
of its voting members attending a meeting. Four (4) voting members
constitute a quorum at a meeting.
(f) The commission may adopt reasonable and proper rules and
regulations for the conduct of its proceedings and the discharge of its
duties. These rules must provide for the receipt of public testimony
concerning the qualifications of candidates for nomination to the
governor.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-29.5-35.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.201-2011, SEC.62; P.L.204-2021, SEC.7.