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IN HB1042
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Ronald Bacon
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AI Summary
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Prohibits individuals from running for township trustee or township board in Indiana counties (except Marion County) if an immediate family member (parent, sibling, or spouse) currently holds one of those positions and their term extends beyond the election
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Prevents a township board candidate from being elected if their immediate family member wins the township trustee position in the same election; the seat goes to the next highest vote-getter instead
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Limits township board elections so that only one member of an immediate family can be elected to the same township board, with the highest vote-getter among family members prevailing
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Bars immediate family members of current township trustees or board members from being appointed to fill vacancies in township trustee or board positions
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Effective date of July 1, 2019; introduced by Representative Bacon and referred to the House Committee on Local Government on January 3, 2019
Legislative Description
Township trustees and board members. Provides that in a county other than Marion County, an individual may not be a candidate for township trustee or a member of the township board if a member of the individual's immediate family (parent, sibling, or spouse) is the township trustee or a member of the township board and whose term of office does not end after that election. Provides that in a county other than Marion County, if an immediate family member of a candidate for election to a township board is elected as the township trustee, the candidate for election to the township board is not elected to the township board (if the township board candidate would otherwise be elected). Provides that in a county other than Marion County, if two or more candidates for election to a township board are immediate family members, only one of the candidates can be elected. Provides that if an individual is an immediate family member of the township trustee of a township, or of a member of the township board of the township, that individual is not eligible to fill a vacancy in the office of township trustee or township board member.
Last Action
Reassigned to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
1/10/2019