2013 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 23. ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS CHAPTER 13. ELECTION OF GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS IN HAMMOND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION
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IC 20-23-13
Chapter 13. Election of Governing Body Members in
Hammond Community School Corporation
IC 20-23-13-1
Composition of governing body; election of members; term of
office
Sec. 1. (a) In a community school corporation established under
IC 20-23-4, that has a population of more than eighty thousand five
hundred (80,500) but less than one hundred thousand (100,000), the
governing body consists of a board of trustees of five (5) members
elected in the manner provided in this chapter.
(b) The governing body members shall be elected at the times
provided and shall succeed the retiring members in the order and
manner as set forth in this chapter.
(c) The term of each person elected to serve on the governing
body begins on the date set in the school corporation's organization
plan. The date set in the organization plan for an elected member of
the governing body to take office may not be more than fourteen (14)
months after the date of the member's election. If the school
corporation's organization plan does not set a date for an elected
member of the governing body to take office, the member takes
office January 1 that immediately follows the person's election.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.80;
P.L.179-2011, SEC.24; P.L.119-2012, SEC.149; P.L.219-2013,
SEC.83.
IC 20-23-13-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.179-2011, SEC.34.)
IC 20-23-13-2.1
Method of election; ballots
Sec. 2.1. (a) As used in this section, "county election board"
includes a board of elections and registration established under
IC 3-6-5.2.
(b) The voters of the school corporation shall elect the members
of the governing body at a general election for a term of four (4)
years. The members shall be elected from the city at large without
reference to district.
(c) Each candidate for election to the governing body must file a
petition of nomination with the county election board in each county
in which a school corporation subject to this chapter is located. The
petition of nomination must comply with IC 3-8-2.5 and the
following requirements:
(1) The petition must be signed by at least two hundred (200)
legal voters of the school corporation.
(2) Each petition may nominate only one (1) candidate.
(3) The number of petitions signed by a legal voter may not
exceed the number of school trustees to be elected.
(d) After all the petitions described in subsection (c) are filed with
the county election board, the board shall publish the names of those
nominated in accordance with IC 5-3-1 and shall certify the
nominations in the manner required by law. IC 3 governs the election
to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this chapter.
(e) The county election board shall prepare the ballot for the
general election at which members of the governing body are to be
elected so that the names of the candidates nominated appear on the
ballot:
(1) in alphabetical order;
(2) without party designation; and
(3) in the form prescribed by IC 3-11-2.
(f) The county election board shall not publish or place on the
ballot the name of a candidate who is not eligible under this chapter
for membership on the governing body.
(g) Each voter may vote for as many candidates as there are
members of the governing body to be elected.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.25.
IC 20-23-13-3
Legislative intent
Sec. 3. The intent of this chapter is to provide that the governing
body of the school corporations to which it relates shall be elected as
provided in:
(1) IC 20-23-4-27;
(2) IC 20-23-4-29.1;
(3) IC 20-23-4-30; and
(4) IC 20-23-4-31;
but this chapter prevails over any conflicting provisions of
IC 20-23-4 relating to any school corporation.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.179-2011, SEC.26.
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