Sec. 31. (a) The appointment to membership on the commission of the nonattorney members shall be made by a selection committee consisting of the judge of the St. Joseph circuit court, the president of the board of St. Joseph County commissioners, and mayors in each of the two (2) cities having the largest populations in St. Joseph County. These appointments shall be made by a majority vote of the selection committee. If a vacancy occurs on the commission among the nonattorney members, that fact shall be reported to the judge of the St. Joseph circuit court by the commission. Upon notification, the judge of the St. Joseph circuit court shall call into session the selection committee, which shall, by majority vote, select a person or persons not admitted to the practice of law, who shall serve the unexpired term of the vacant commission membership position and that this selection and appointment by the selection committee shall be made within sixty (60) days after the date the St. Joseph circuit court is notified of the creation of the vacancy. If the selection committee fails to act to fill an unexpired term of a nonattorney member of the commission within sixty (60) days after the notification that the vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the commission.
(b) Not less than sixty (60) days before the expiration of the term of a nonattorney member of the commission, the judge of the St. Joseph circuit court shall call into session the selection committee that shall appoint, by a majority vote, a person to the commission to serve a new term. If the selection committee fails to act to fill an expired term of a nonattorney member of the commission by the date of expiration of the term of a nonattorney member of the commission, the remaining members on the commission shall, by majority vote, appoint a person to serve for the succeeding term. All appointments made to the commission shall be certified within ten (10) days to the clerk of the St. Joseph superior court.
(c) Each appointee of a nonattorney member to the commission, except those who fill a vacancy, shall serve for four (4) years.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-35.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12.
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