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Judicial selection in Lake and St. Joseph counties.

It became law on Apr 29, 2021.

IN HB 1453 · House Bill · 2021

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Apr 29, 2021

What it does

Provides that the judicial nominating commission (commission) for the Lake and St. Joseph superior courts consists of seven voting members, with three voting members appointed by the governor and three voting members appointed by the county board of commissioners, and the chief justice of Indiana or the chief justice's designee serving ex officio as a voting member only to resolve tie votes and as chairperson of the commission. (Current law provides that the commission for the Lake superior court consists of nine members.) Provides that the governor must appoint to the commission one attorney member, one nonattorney member who has never been licensed to practice law, and one member that is…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Apr 29, 2021

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Law in Indiana. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.

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