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33-33-45-30. Election of attorney commissioners

IN Code § 33-33-45-30 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 30. (a) Those admitted to the practice of law and residing in Lake County (referred to in this chapter as attorney electors) shall elect four (4) of their number to the commission. To be eligible for the office of attorney commissioner, a person must be on the current annual list of attorneys certified to the clerk of the supreme court and must be a resident of Lake County. The term of office of each elected attorney member is four (4) years, commencing on the first day of October following the attorney member's election. The election day is the date on which the ballots are counted and, for purposes of this section, is the first Tuesday in September 1995, and every four (4) years thereafter. Thereafter, during the month before the expiration of each attorney commissioner's term of office, an election shall be held to fill the succeeding four (4) year term of office.

(b) Except when a term of office has less than ninety (90) days remaining, vacancies in the office of an attorney commissioner to the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member creating the vacancy by a special election.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-29.5-31.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.

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