Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the proprietor or manager of a residential mental health facility.

     (b) As used in this section, “place of lodging” refers to any of the following:

(1) A boarding house.

(2) A lodging house.

(3) A residential building.

(4) An apartment.

(5) Any other place within which persons are lodged.

     (c) The:

(1) proprietor or manager of a place of lodging; or

(2) association of co-owners;

shall allow a poll taker for a political party or an independent candidate for a federal or a state office to enter a place of lodging or a condominium during reasonable hours to take a poll of residents.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-20-2 part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.7-1990, SEC.7; P.L.4-1991, SEC.20; P.L.3-1993, SEC.30; P.L.12-1995, SEC.19; P.L.2-1996, SEC.8; P.L.2-2002, SEC.23; P.L.83-2016, SEC.2; P.L.201-2017, SEC.2.