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IN HB1096
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/5/2010
Primary Sponsor
Vernon Smith
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AI Summary
- Requires all school board members who are elected (rather than appointed) to be elected at general elections instead of primary elections, effective January 1, 2011
- Establishes new filing deadlines for school board candidates: petitions of nomination must be filed between 104 and 74 days before the general election, signed by the candidate and at least 10 registered voters
- Creates transition rules for current board members: those elected in the 2008 primary will have successors elected at the 2012 general election, and those elected in the 2010 primary will have successors elected at the 2014 general election
- Changes when elected school board members take office from July 1 to January 1 following their election
- Repeals obsolete statutes related to primary election procedures for school board elections and updates multiple Indiana Code sections governing various types of school corporations (metropolitan, community, merged)
Legislative Description
School board elections at general election time.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/5/2010
Full Bill Text
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