Sec. 1. (a) The governor shall appoint three (3) nonattorney citizens of Indiana, one (1) each from the First District, the Second District, and the Third District of the court of appeals, as commissioners of the judicial nominating commission.

     (b) One (1) month before the expiration of a term of office of a nonattorney commissioner, the governor shall either reappoint the commissioner as provided in section 5 of this chapter or appoint a new nonattorney commissioner. All appointments made by the governor to the judicial nominating commission shall be certified to the secretary of state and to the clerk of the supreme court not later than ten (10) days after the appointment.

     (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), the governor shall appoint each nonattorney commissioner for a term of three (3) years.

     (d) An appointed nonattorney commissioner must reside in the court of appeals district for which the nonattorney commissioner was appointed. A nonattorney commissioner is considered to have resigned the position if the residency of the nonattorney commissioner changes from the court of appeals district for which the nonattorney commissioner was appointed.

     (e) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a nonattorney commissioner, the chairman of the commission shall promptly notify the governor in writing. Vacancies in the office of nonattorney commissioners shall be filled by appointment by the governor not later than sixty (60) days after the governor receives notice of the vacancy. The term of the nonattorney commissioner appointed to fill the vacancy is for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the new nonattorney commissioner has filled.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-4-1.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.6.