First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1901
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-3-11-3.1; (03)HE1901.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-3-11-3.1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 3.1. (a) The board of
school commissioners consists of seven (7) members. Each member
shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis in primary elections held in the
county as specified in this section. Five (5) of the members shall be
elected from the school board districts in which they reside and two (2)
members shall be elected at large. Not more than two (2) of the
members who serve on the board may reside in the same school board
district. When a candidate runs for one (1) of the district positions on
the board, only eligible voters residing in the candidate's district may
vote for that candidate. When a person is a candidate for one (1) of the
at-large positions, eligible voters from all the districts may vote for that
candidate. When a candidate files to run for a position on the board, the
candidate must specify whether the candidate is running for a district
or an at-large position. All members elected to the board serve four (4)
year terms. A candidate who runs for a district or an at-large position
wins if the candidate receives the greatest number of votes of all the
candidates against whom the candidate runs. Districts shall be
established within the school corporation by the state board of
education. The districts shall be drawn on the basis of precinct lines
and as nearly as practicable, of equal population with the population of
the largest not to exceed the population of the smallest by more than
five percent (5%). District lines must not cross precinct lines. The state
board of education shall establish balloting procedures for the election
under IC 3 and other procedures required to implement this section.
(b) Each member of the board of school commissioners serves under
section 2 of this chapter. The vacancies in the board of school
commissioners shall be filled temporarily by the school board as soon
as practicable after the vacancy occurs. The member chosen by the
board to fill a vacancy holds office until the member's successor is
elected and qualified. The successor shall be elected at the next regular
school board election occurring after the date on which the vacancy
occurs, at which time the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of
the term.
(c) Persons elected to serve on the board begin their terms on July
1 of the year of their election.
(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, voters shall cast their
votes for school board candidates by voting machine system or paper
ballot. However, the same method used to cast votes for all other
offices for which candidates have qualified to be on the election
ballot must be used for the school board offices.
SOURCE: IC 20-4-1-26.10; (03)HE1901.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 20-4-1-26.10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 26.10. (a) This section applies to
a community school corporation located in a county containing a
consolidated city.
(b) The same method used to cast votes for all other offices for
which candidates have qualified to be on the election ballot must be
used for the school board offices on the election ballot.
SOURCE: IC 20-4-1-27.2; (03)HE1901.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 20-4-1-27.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2003]: Sec. 27.2. (a) This section applies to a school corporation
located in a county containing a consolidated city.
(b) The same method used to cast votes for all other offices for
which candidates have qualified to be on the election ballot must be
used for the school board offices on the election ballot.
SOURCE: IC 20-4-8-18.5; (03)HE1901.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 20-4-8-18.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2003]: Sec. 18.5. (a) This section applies to a metropolitan or
consolidated school corporation located in a county containing a
consolidated city.
(b) The same method used to cast votes for all other offices for
which candidates have qualified to be on the election ballot must be
used for the school board offices on the election ballot.
SOURCE: ; (03)HE1901.1.5. -->
SECTION 5. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]
IC 20-3-11-3.1, as
amended by this act, and IC 20-4-1-26.10, IC 20-4-1-27.2, and
IC 20-4-8-18.5, as added by this act, apply to all school board
elections held after December 31, 2003.
HEA 1901
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