Section 33-33-2-34 - Judicial nominating commission; nonattorney members(a) The governor shall appoint the three (3) nonattorney members of the commission.(b) One (1) month before the expiration of a term of office of a nonattorney commissioner, the governor shall: (1) reappoint the commissioner; or(2) appoint a replacement. All appointments shall be certified to the secretary of state, the clerk of the supreme court, and the clerk of Allen superior court not more than ten (10) days after the appointment.
(c) After their initial terms, the governor shall appoint each nonattorney commissioner for a term of four (4) years.(d) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a nonattorney commissioner, the chairman of the commission shall promptly notify the governor in writing of that fact. Vacancies in the office of nonattorney commissioners shall be filled by appointment of the governor not more than sixty (60) days after the governor has notice of the vacancy. The nonattorney commissioner appointed shall serve during the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the nonattorney commissioner has filled.Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-5.1-32.1.
As added by P.L. 98-2004, SEC.12.