Indiana Statutes § 3-10-6-2.6 Election of town officers in year of no general election for short term; ordinance
Statute Text
(a)
This section does not apply to a town located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city.
(b)
This section applies to a town that has adopted an ordinance:
(1)
under IC
18-3-1-16
(b)
(before its repeal on September 1, 1981); or
(2)
in 1982 under
P.L.
13-1982
,
SECTION
3
(before its expiration on January 1, 1988).
(c)
A town may adopt an ordinance during a year in which an election of town legislative body members, a town clerk-treasurer, or a town judge will not occur under section 3 of this chapter.
(d)
The ordinance described in subsection (c) must provide that:
(1)
the town legislative body members, clerk-treasurer, or judge elected at the next municipal election not conducted in a general election year serve terms of one (1) year; and
(2)
the successors of the town legislative body members, clerk-treasurer, or judge described in subdivision (1) shall be chosen at the first general election following the municipal election and serve terms of four (4) years.
History
As added by P.L. 11-1988 , SEC. 5 . Amended by P.L. 3-1990 , SEC. 8 .