Indiana Code
Chapter 45. Lake County
33-33-45-34. Vacancies; Meetings of Commission

Sec. 34. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the superior court of Lake County, the clerk of the court shall promptly notify the chairperson and each member of the commission of the vacancy. The chairperson shall call a meeting of the commission within ten (10) days following the notice. The commission shall submit its nominations of five (5) candidates for each vacancy and certify them to the governor as promptly as possible, and not later than sixty (60) days after the vacancy occurs. When it is known that a vacancy will occur at a definite future date within the term of the governor then serving, but the vacancy has not yet occurred, the clerk shall notify the chairperson and each member of the commission immediately of the forthcoming vacancy, and the commission may within fifty (50) days of the notice of the vacancy make its nominations and submit to the governor the names of five (5) persons nominated for the forthcoming vacancy.
(b) Meetings of the commission shall be called by its chairperson or, if the chairperson fails to call a necessary meeting, upon the call of any four (4) members of the commission. The chairperson, whenever the chairperson considers a meeting necessary, or upon the request by any four (4) members of the commission for a meeting, shall give each member of the commission at least five (5) days written notice by mail of the date, time, and place of every meeting unless the commission at its previous meeting designated the date, time, and place of its next meeting.
(c) Meetings of the commission are to be held at the Lake County government center in Crown Point or another place, as the circuit court clerk of Lake County may arrange, at the direction of the chairperson of the commission.
(d) The commission may act only at a public meeting. IC 5-14-1.5 applies to meetings of the commission. The commission may not meet in executive session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1 for the consideration of a candidate for judicial appointment.
(e) The commission may act only by the concurrence of a majority of its voting members attending a meeting. Four (4) voting members constitute a quorum at a meeting.
(f) The commission may adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations for the conduct of its proceedings and the discharge of its duties. These rules must provide for the receipt of public testimony concerning the qualifications of candidates for nomination to the governor.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-29.5-35.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.201-2011, SEC.62; P.L.204-2021, SEC.7.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 33. Courts and Court Officers

Article 33. Court System Organization in Each County

Chapter 45. Lake County

33-33-45-1. Application

33-33-45-2. Judicial Circuit

33-33-45-3. Establishment of Superior Court

33-33-45-4. Name

33-33-45-5. Seal

33-33-45-6. Juvenile Court Jurisdiction

33-33-45-7. Court of Record; Force and Effect of Judgments and Orders

33-33-45-8. Power and Authority of Court

33-33-45-9. Additional Court Powers

33-33-45-10. Magistrates of Criminal Division

33-33-45-11. Magistrates

33-33-45-12. Personnel

33-33-45-13. Location of Court Sessions

33-33-45-14. Books, Papers, and Records

33-33-45-15. Order Books

33-33-45-16. Laws and Rules Governing the Court

33-33-45-17. Appeals

33-33-45-18. Process of Court

33-33-45-19. Chief Judge; Senior Judge

33-33-45-20. Action of Entire Court

33-33-45-21. Divisions of Court; Assignment of Judges

33-33-45-22. Transfer of Actions From Circuit Court

33-33-45-23. Transfer of Actions to Circuit Court

33-33-45-24. Authority of Circuit Judge to Sit in Superior Court

33-33-45-25. Incumbent Judges; Retention; Election

33-33-45-26. Number of Judges

33-33-45-27. Judicial Nominating Commission; Establishment

33-33-45-28. Judicial Nominating Commission; Membership

33-33-45-29. Members Appointed by the Lake County Board of Commissioners

33-33-45-30. Repealed

33-33-45-31. Repealed

33-33-45-32. Notification

33-33-45-33. Duration in Office

33-33-45-34. Vacancies; Meetings of Commission

33-33-45-35. Nominees; Requirements of Commission

33-33-45-36. List of Nominees; Public Records; Submission to Governor

33-33-45-37. Withdrawal of Name or List of Nominations

33-33-45-38. Selection of Judges

33-33-45-39. Repealed

33-33-45-40. Effective Date of Appointment

33-33-45-41. Tenure of Judges

33-33-45-42. Submission to Electorate; Question of Retention in Office or Rejection of Judges

33-33-45-43. Repealed

33-33-45-44. Conditions of Office; Censure or Removal; Political Party Campaigning for or Against Removal

33-33-45-45. Repealed