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IN HB1061
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
Primary Sponsor
Micheal Aylesworth
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AI Summary
- Any municipality may adopt an ordinance to move municipal elections to even-numbered years only through the new IC 3-10-7.5 chapter.
- Municipalities retain their 2015 election schedules by default unless they affirmatively adopt an ordinance under the new statute to change to even-numbered years.
- Municipalities holding elections in odd-numbered years must reimburse counties for election administration costs.
- The bill repeals existing statutes (IC 3-10-6-2.5, IC 3-10-6-2.6, IC 3-10-6-3, IC 3-10-6-4.5, IC 3-10-7-2.5, IC 3-10-7-2.7, and IC 3-10-7-2.9) that previously authorized towns to change election schedules.
- Effective date is July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Municipal elections. Provides that any municipality may adopt an ordinance to move the election of its elected officers to be held only in even numbered years. Provides that a municipality's schedule of municipal elections remains the same as it was for the 2015 municipal elections unless it changes the schedule under the new statute. Provides that a municipality that holds any of its municipal elections in years other than even numbered years shall reimburse the county the county's costs in administering such elections. Repeals existing statutes that authorize towns to change the schedule of their municipal elections in certain specified
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/5/2016