Indiana Code 3-8-1-5.7. Requirements of candidates for appointment pro tempore
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Sec. 5.7. (a) Except as expressly provided by law, a candidate for selection under Ind. Code § 3-13-5 or Ind. Code § 3-13-11 for an appointment pro tempore to an office must comply with the requirements imposed under this chapter on a candidate for election to the office. For purposes of determining whether a candidate for an appointment pro tempore complies with a requirement imposed under this chapter on a candidate for election to the office, the term “before the election” is considered to read as:
(2) “before the date that the county political party chairman appoints an individual to fill the vacant office”;
(1) “before the date of the caucus that is required to fill the vacant office”; or
Terms Used In Indiana Code 3-8-1-5.7
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
whichever is the case.
(b) If a town council member:
(1) was elected or selected as a candidate from a town council district; and
(2) served on a council that subsequently adopted an ordinance under Ind. Code § 36-5-2-4.1 abolishing town council districts;
a candidate for selection for an appointment pro tempore to succeed the town council member is not required to reside within the district formerly represented by the town council member.
As added by P.L.7-1990, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.55; P.L.176-1999, SEC.28; P.L.219-2013, SEC.16.