2014 Indiana Code TITLE 3. ELECTIONS ARTICLE 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1. APPLICABILITY; TYPES OF ELECTIONS
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IC 3-5
ARTICLE 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS
IC 3-5-1
Chapter 1. Applicability; Types of Elections
IC 3-5-1-0.3
P.L.5-1986 intended to be a codification and restatement of law; no
effect on rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred, crimes
committed, or proceedings begun
Sec. 0.3. (a) P.L.5-1986 is intended to be a codification and
restatement of applicable or corresponding provisions repealed by
P.L.5-1986, SECTION 61 (IC 2-2.1-2, IC 3-1, IC 3-2, IC 3-4,
IC 33-13-1, IC 33-13-2, and IC 35-50-1-4). If P.L.5-1986 repeals and
replaces a provision in the same form or in a restated form, the
substantive operation and effect of that provision continue
uninterrupted.
(b) P.L.5-1986 does not affect any:
(1) rights or liabilities accrued;
(2) penalties incurred;
(3) violations committed; or
(4) proceedings begun;
before March 4, 1986. Those rights, liabilities, penalties, offenses,
and proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced under
prior law as if P.L.5-1986 had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.10.
IC 3-5-1-0.4
General assembly may preserve background materials related to
P.L.5-1986
Sec. 0.4. The general assembly may, by concurrent resolution,
preserve any of the background materials related to P.L.5-1986.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.11.
IC 3-5-1-1
Public officials or public questions; application
Sec. 1. This title applies to each election at which the electorate
of the state or a political subdivision:
(1) nominates or chooses by ballot public officials; or
(2) decides a public question lawfully submitted to the
electorate.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
IC 3-5-1-2
Types of elections
Sec. 2. The types of elections to which this title applies are
classified as follows:
(1) General election, which is conducted statewide on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each
even-numbered year.
(2) Municipal election, in which the electorate of a municipality
chooses by ballot public officials for the municipality or
decides a public question lawfully submitted to the electorate of
the municipality.
(3) Primary election, which is conducted for the purpose of
choosing by ballot the following:
(A) The candidates who will be the nominees of a political
party for elected offices in a general or municipal election.
(B) The precinct committeemen of a political party.
(C) The delegates to a political party's state convention.
(4) School district election, in which the electorate of a school
district chooses by ballot members of the school board.
(5) Special election, which is conducted for a special purpose
as provided by law.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
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