2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 33. Courts and Court Officers
ARTICLE 33. COURT SYSTEM ORGANIZATION IN EACH COUNTY
CHAPTER 45. Lake County
33-33-45-29. Appointment of nonattorney commissioners
Sec. 29. (a) The Lake County board of commissioners shall appoint the four (4) nonattorney members of the commission.
(b) One (1) month before the expiration of a term of office of a nonattorney commissioner, an appointment or reappointment shall be made in accordance with section 28 of this chapter. All appointments made by the Lake County board of commissioners shall be certified to the secretary of state, the clerk of the supreme court, and the clerk of Lake circuit court within ten (10) days after the appointment.
(c) Each nonattorney member shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years.
(d) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a nonattorney commissioner, the chairman of the commission shall promptly notify the Lake County board of commissioners in writing of such fact. Vacancies in the office of nonattorney commissioners shall be filled by appointment of the Lake County board of commissioners within sixty (60) days after notice of the vacancy is received. The term of the nonattorney commissioner appointed is for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the new member has filled.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-29.5-30.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
