2019 Indiana Code
Title 10. Public Safety
Article 15. Indiana Homeland Security Foundation
Chapter 2. Indiana Homeland Security Foundation
10-15-2-2. Membership; proxy voting; appointment of designee
Sec. 2. (a) The foundation consists of nine (9) voting members and four (4) nonvoting advisory members.
(b) The voting members shall be appointed by the governor. Each Indiana congressional district must be represented by at least one (1) member who is a resident of that congressional district. Not more than five (5) of the members appointed under this subsection may represent the same political party.
(c) The four (4) nonvoting advisory members are as follows:
(1) Two (2) members, one (1) from each political party, appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate with advice from the minority leader of the senate.
(2) Two (2) members, one (1) from each political party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives with advice from the minority leader of the house of representatives.
(d) In the absence of a member, the member's vote may be cast by another member if the member casting the vote has a written proxy in proper form as required by the foundation.
(e) A voting member may appoint a designee of the same political party as the voting member to act on the voting member's behalf under this chapter. The designee must reside in the same congressional district as the voting member. An appointment under this section must:
(1) be for one (1) specified meeting;
(2) be made in writing or electronic mail submitted to the foundation at least two (2) calendar days before the meeting that the designee attends on behalf of the member; and
(3) be maintained in the permanent records of the foundation.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-9-2-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.22-2005, SEC.12; P.L.110-2009, SEC.4.
