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.
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.