§ 33-33-71-30 — Judicial nominating commission; membership

(a) The judicial nominating commission
(referred to as the "commission" in this chapter) consists of seven (7)
voting members, the majority of whom shall form a quorum. The:
(1) governor shall appoint three (3) voting members to the
commission:
(A) one (1) of whom must be an attorney;
(B) one (1) of whom must be a nonattorney who has never been
licensed to practice law; and
(C) one (1) of whom must be a woman; and
(2) St. Joseph County board of commissioners shall appoint three
(3) voting members to the commission:
(A) one (1) of whom must be an attorney;
(B) one (1) of whom must be a nonattorney who has never been
licensed to practice law; and
(C) one (1) of whom must be an individual from a minority
group (as defined in IC 5-28-20-5).
The chief justice of Indiana or the chief justice's designee serves ex
officio as a voting member only to resolve tie votes and as the
chairperson of the commission. The voting appointees must reside in
St. Joseph County, have no prior felony conviction, and reflect the
composition of the community. The chairperson of the commission
shall have standing to dispute the validity of a voting appointee.
(b) This subsection does not apply to the chief justice of Indiana or
the chief justice's designee. A voting member of the commission may
not hold any other salaried public office nor an office in a political
party organization. A voting member of the commission is not eligible
for appointment to a judicial office in St. Joseph County who has,
within four (4) years immediately preceding an appointment, served on
the commission. If any voting member of the commission terminates
residence in St. Joseph County, the member is considered to have
resigned from the commission.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-34.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.204-2021, SEC.12.