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.


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