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Indiana Statutes § 3-13-5-9 Determination of house of general assembly that person should not be seated because of ineligibility; filling of seat; constitutional eligibility requirements

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Statute Text

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.

Source

Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 2-2.1-2-5; 2-2.1-2-6.

History

As added by P.L. 5-1986 , SEC. 9 . Amended by P.L. 3-1987 , SEC. 433 .

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