Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1144

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 36-1-8-10.

Synopsis: Political affiliation of local board appointees. Restates the criteria by which the political affiliation of an appointee to a local board is determined, to permit an appointee to claim independent political affiliation.

Effective: July 1, 2013.





Candelaria Reardon




    January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.







Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1144



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 36-1-8-10; (13)IN1144.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 36-1-8-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 10. (a) As used in this section, "board" means an administration, an agency, an authority, a board, a bureau, a commission, a committee, a council, a department, a division, an institution, an office, a service, or another similarly designated body of a political subdivision.
    (b) Whenever a law or political subdivision's resolution requires that an appointment to a board be conditioned upon the political affiliation of the appointee, or that the membership of a board not exceed a stated number of members from the same political party, the political affiliation of an appointee shall be determined, at the time of an appointment, one (1) of the following must apply to the appointee: as follows:
        (1) An appointee will be considered affiliated with a political party if the most recent primary election in which the appointee voted was a primary election held by the party with which the appointee claims affiliation.
        (2) If the appointee has never voted in a primary election, the appointee will be considered:
            (    (A) affiliated with the political party with which the appointee
claims a party affiliation; or
            (B) an independent, if the appointee claims to be an independent.

        (3) An appointee will be considered affiliated with a political party if the appointee is certified as a member of that party by the party's county chairman for the county in which the appointee resides.
         (4) If the appointee did not vote in the primary election held immediately before the appointee's appointment, the appointee will be considered an independent if the appointee claims to be an independent.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other law, if the term of an appointed member of a board expires and the appointing authority does not make an appointment to fill the vacancy, the member may continue to serve on the board for only sixty (60) days after the expiration date of the member's term.