Sec. 15. (a) This section is enacted to implement Article 6, Section 2(b) of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(b) This section applies to an individual:
(1) who was elected at least two (2) times to a county office; and
(2) who would have served at least eight (8) years in the elected county office had the individual's term of office not been shortened under a statute enacted under Article 6, Section 2(b) of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(c) As used in this section, "benefit of office" refers to a benefit to which an individual who holds an elected county office is entitled because of a statute, an ordinance, or a contract.
(d) As used in this section, "county office" refers to any of the county offices referred to in Article 6, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(e) An individual described in subsection (b) who is otherwise entitled to a benefit of office may not be deprived of the benefit of office based on a requirement in any other statute or any ordinance or contract that to be eligible for the benefit of office an individual must hold elected county office for at least eight (8) years.
As added by P.L.88-2005, SEC.14.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Fiscal and Administrative Provisions
36-1-8-1. Application of Chapter
36-1-8-2. Cash Change Fund; Establishment; Use
36-1-8-3. Petty Cash Fund; Establishment; Use; Reimbursement
36-1-8-5.1. Rainy Day Funds Established by Political Subdivisions; Transfers by Schools
36-1-8-6. Reversion of Unused Appropriation; Funds Received From State or the United States
36-1-8-7. Bank Deposit or Cash on Hand Constituting Pledge or Guaranty
36-1-8-8.5. Establishing Fraud Hotline
36-1-8-9. Riverboat Fund Establishment; Administration and Investment of Funds
36-1-8-9.2. Separate Fund for Deposit of County Slot Machine Wagering Fee Revenue
36-1-8-9.5. "Development Agreement"
36-1-8-10. Board; Political Affiliation of Board Appointees
36-1-8-10.5. Employee of Political Subdivision as Candidate for or Appointed to Office
36-1-8-11. Methods of Payments to Political Subdivisions or Utilities; Transaction and Other Fees
36-1-8-11.5. Payment of Claims; Electronic Funds Transfer
36-1-8-12. Special Fund for State Grant Money and Local Matching Money; Reversion of Unused Money
36-1-8-13. Referral of Dishonored Checks to Prosecuting Attorney
36-1-8-14. Three-Fourths Vote Rounded to Nearest Whole Number
36-1-8-15. Shortened Term of County Office Under Constitution; Benefits
36-1-8-16. Property Taxes Collected for Property Disposed by County Executive
36-1-8-17. Combination or Reorganization; Budgets, Rates, and Levies
36-1-8-17.5. Reporting of Information and Data on Retiree Benefits and Expenditures
36-1-8-18. Certain Tax Exempt Property; Limitation on Charges