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IN HB1584
Bill
Status
1/23/2013
Primary Sponsor
Harold Slager
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AI Summary
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Moves municipal elections for city and town officers from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, effective after 2015.
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Establishes a 2015 transition municipal election with candidates nominated through primary elections and elected through general elections.
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Creates new IC 3-10-7.5 to govern municipal elections after 2015, with judges of city/town courts elected in presidential election years and other municipal officers elected in nonpresidential election years.
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Makes extensive conforming changes to Indiana election codes to remove references to "municipal elections" as a separate election type and integrate municipal elections into the primary and general election framework.
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Provides that numerous sections relating to transitional municipal election procedures expire January 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Municipal elections in even-numbered years.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/23/2013