Sec. 30. (a) The judicial nominating commission (referred to as the "commission" in this chapter) consists of seven (7) voting members, the majority of whom shall form a quorum. The:
(1) governor shall appoint three (3) voting members to the commission:
(A) one (1) of whom must be an attorney;
(B) one (1) of whom must be a nonattorney who has never been licensed to practice law; and
(C) one (1) of whom must be a woman; and
(2) St. Joseph County board of commissioners shall appoint three (3) voting members to the commission:
(A) one (1) of whom must be an attorney;
(B) one (1) of whom must be a nonattorney who has never been licensed to practice law; and
(C) one (1) of whom must be an individual from a minority group (as defined in IC 5-28-20-5).
The chief justice of Indiana or the chief justice's designee serves ex officio as a voting member only to resolve tie votes and as the chairperson of the commission. The voting appointees must reside in St. Joseph County, have no prior felony conviction, and reflect the composition of the community. The chairperson of the commission shall have standing to dispute the validity of a voting appointee.
(b) This subsection does not apply to the chief justice of Indiana or the chief justice's designee. A voting member of the commission may not hold any other salaried public office nor an office in a political party organization. A voting member of the commission is not eligible for appointment to a judicial office in St. Joseph County who has, within four (4) years immediately preceding an appointment, served on the commission. If any voting member of the commission terminates residence in St. Joseph County, the member is considered to have resigned from the commission.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-40-34.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.204-2021, SEC.12.