§ 33-33-71-31 — Members appointed by the St. Joseph County board of commissioners

(a) Members appointed to the commission
by the St. Joseph County board of commissioners shall be made by a
majority vote of the St. Joseph County board of commissioners. If a
vacancy occurs on the commission among the members appointed by
the St. Joseph County board of commissioners, that fact shall be
reported to the president of the St. Joseph County board of
commissioners by the commission. Upon notification, the president of
the St. Joseph County board of commissioners shall call into session
the St. Joseph County board of commissioners, which shall, by majority
vote, select a person or persons who shall serve the unexpired term of
the vacant commission membership position and that this selection and
appointment shall be made within sixty (60) days after the date the
president of the St. Joseph County board of commissioners is notified
of the creation of the vacancy. If the St. Joseph County board of
commissioners fails to act to fill an unexpired term of a member of the
commission previously appointed by the St. Joseph County board of
commissioners within sixty (60) days after the notification that the
vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the
remaining members of the commission.
(b) Not less than sixty (60) days before the expiration of the term of
a member of the commission appointed by the St. Joseph County board
of commissioners, the president of the St. Joseph County board of
commissioners shall call into session the St. Joseph County board of
commissioners that shall appoint, by a majority vote, a person to the
commission to serve a new term. If the St. Joseph County board of
commissioners fails to act to fill an expired term of a member of the
commission previously appointed by the St. Joseph County board of
commissioners by the date of expiration of the term, the remaining
members on the commission shall, by majority vote, appoint a person
to serve for the succeeding term. All appointments made to the
commission shall be certified within ten (10) days to the clerk of the St.
Joseph superior court.
(c) Each voting appointee to the commission, except those who fill
a vacancy, shall serve for four (4) years.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-35.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.204-2021, SEC.13.