Indiana § 36-7-12-10 - Commissioners; failure to nominate; vacancies
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§ 36-7-12-10. Commissioners; failure to nominate; vacancies
Sec. 10. (a) If a fiscal body fails to make a nomination within the time specified by section 9 of this chapter, the executive may select and appoint a person without a nomination.
(b) If a person appointed as an economic development commissioner fails to take the oath of office required by section 11 of this chapter within ten (10) days after the notice of the appointment is mailed to the person, or if any commissioner, after qualifying, dies, resigns, vacates the commissioner's office, or is removed from office, a new commissioner shall be appointed to fill the vacancy in the same manner as the commissioner in respect to whom the vacancy occurs was appointed. A commissioner appointed under this subsection shall serve for the remainder of the vacated term.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-6-4.5-5 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.193.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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