Sec. 6. (a) The judicial nominating commission shall meet as necessary to discharge the commission's responsibilities under the Constitution of the State of Indiana and the state laws. Meetings of the commission shall be called by the chairman, or if the chairman fails to call a meeting when a meeting is necessary, upon the call of any four (4) members of the commission. When a meeting is called, the chairman shall give each member of the commission at least five (5) days written notice by mail of the time and place of the meeting unless the commission at its previous meeting designated the time and place of the next meeting.
(b) Meetings of the commission must be held at a place in Indiana, as arranged by the chairman of the commission.
(c) The commission shall act only at a meeting and may act only on the concurrence of a majority of the members attending a meeting. The commission may not vote to reduce the number of candidates for further consideration or to submit or not submit the list of nominees under subsection (e) during an executive session. Four (4) members constitute a quorum.
(d) The commission may adopt reasonable and proper rules for the conduct of its proceedings and the discharge of its duties. The rules must comply with this chapter and include procedures by which eligible candidates for a vacancy in the supreme court or court of appeals may submit their names to the commission. The rules are public records, and the meetings of the commission at which the rules are considered for initial adoption or amendment must be publicly announced and open to the public.
(e) Notwithstanding IC 5-14-1.5-2, the commission is a public agency for the purposes of IC 5-14-1.5. The commission may meet in executive session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1 for the consideration of a candidate for judicial appointment if:
(1) notice of the executive session is given in the manner prescribed by IC 5-14-1.5-5;
(2) all interviews of candidates are conducted at meetings open to the public; and
(3) copies of all attributable communications (as defined in section 2(i) of this chapter) concerning the candidates have been provided to all commission members and made available for public inspection and copying.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-4-8.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.6.
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