Sec. 9. If a house of the general assembly determines that a person should not be seated as a member of that house because that person was ineligible to hold the seat for which a certificate of election has been issued by the secretary of state, the seat shall be filled under this chapter. A person selected to fill a vacant seat under this section must meet all requirements set forth in Article 4, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana as of the date of the general election for which the ineligible person who was not seated received a certificate of election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 2-2.1-2-5; 2-2.1-2-6.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.433.