Sec. 9. (a) The electronic recording commission is established to adopt standards to implement this chapter before January 1, 2018. The commission consists of the following five (5) members appointed by the governor:

(1) Three (3) members must be county recorders.

(2) One (1) member must be employed in Indiana in the banking or mortgage lending industry.

(3) One (1) member must be employed in Indiana in the land title industry.

(b) To keep the standards and practices of county recorders in Indiana in harmony with the standards and practices of recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter and to keep the technology used by county recorders in Indiana compatible with technology used by recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter, the electronic recording commission, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, in adopting, amending, and repealing standards shall consider:

(1) standards and practices of other jurisdictions;

(2) the most recent standards promulgated by national standard setting bodies, such as the Property Records Industry Association (PRIA);

(3) the views of interested persons and governmental officials and entities;

(4) the needs of counties of varying size, population, and resources; and

(5) standards requiring adequate information security protection to ensure that electronic documents are accurate, authentic, adequately preserved, and resistant to tampering.

As added by P.L.127-2017, SEC.8.