Indiana § 33-33-71-36 Nominations for vacancies in superior court; meetings of commission

Indiana Statutes

§ 33-33-71-36 — Nominations for vacancies in superior court; meetings of commission

Indiana § 33-33-71-36

Art. 33COURT SYSTEM ORGANIZATION IN EACH

Ch. 71St. Joseph County

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Ind. Code § 33-33-71-36 (2026).

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(a)When a vacancy occurs in the St. Joseph superior court, the clerk of the court shall promptly notify the chairperson of the commission of the vacancy. The chairperson shall call a meeting of the commission within ten (10) days following this 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 serving governor, but the vacancy has not yet occurred, the clerk shall notify the commission immediately. The commission may within fifty (50) days of the notice of vacancy make its nominations and submit to the governor the names of five (5) persons

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(a) When a vacancy occurs in the St.
Joseph superior court, the clerk of the court shall promptly notify the
chairperson of the commission of the vacancy. The chairperson shall
call a meeting of the commission within ten (10) days following this
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 serving governor, but the
vacancy has not yet occurred, the clerk shall notify the commission
immediately. The commission may within fifty (50) days of the notice
of 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 the 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 time and place of every meeting unless the commission at its
previous meeting designated the time and place of its next meeting.
(c) Meetings of the commission must be held at a place in:
(1) the St. Joseph County courthouse; or
(2) another building owned or operated by St. Joseph County;
in South Bend as the clerk of the St. Joseph superior court may arrange.
(d) The commission shall act only at a meeting and may act only by
the concurrence of a majority of its members. Four (4) voting members
are required to constitute a quorum at a meeting. The commission may
adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations for the conduct of its
proceedings and the discharge of its duties.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-40.]