Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, “training courses” refers to training courses related to the office of circuit court clerk that are compiled or developed by the Association of Indiana Counties and approved by the state board of accounts.

(1) fifteen (15) hours of training courses within one (1) year; and

(2) forty (40) hours of training courses within three (3) years;

after the individual is elected to the office of circuit court clerk.

     (c) An individual first elected to the office of circuit court clerk shall complete five (5) hours of newly elected official training courses before the individual first takes the office of circuit court clerk. A training course that an individual completes under this subsection shall be counted toward the individual’s requirements under subsection (b).

     (d) An individual shall fulfill the training requirements established by subsection (b) for each term to which the individual is elected as circuit court clerk.

     (e) The failure of an individual to complete the training required by this section does not prevent the individual from taking an office to which the individual was elected.

     (f) This subsection applies only to an individual appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of circuit court clerk. An individual described in this subsection may, but is not required to, take training courses required by subsection (b). If an individual described in this subsection takes a training course required by subsection (b) for an elected circuit court clerk, the county shall pay for the training course as if the individual had been an elected circuit court clerk.

     (g) An individual elected to the office of circuit court clerk shall certify completion of the requirements described in subsection (b) every year and file the certification with the state board of accounts in the same manner as the report required in IC 5-11-1-4(a).

As added by P.L.45-2010, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.279-2013, SEC.1; P.L.257-2019, SEC.94; P.L.58-2023, SEC.15.