Bill Text: IN HJR0002 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Election of county auditor, treasurer, clerk, and recorder.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - Representative Richardson added as coauthor [HJR0002 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HJR0002-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. 2
Citations Affected: Article 6 of the Indiana Constitution.
Synopsis: Election of county auditor, treasurer, clerk, and recorder.
Removes term limits for county offices of clerk, auditor, recorder, and
treasurer. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to
by a general assembly.
Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two
consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's
voters voting on the question to be effective.
January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment.
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RESOLUTION No. 2
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 6 of
the Indiana Constitution concerning local government.
(b) The General Assembly may provide by law for uniform dates for beginning the terms of the county officials listed in subsection (a). If the General Assembly enacts a law to provide a uniform date for
beginning the terms of a county official listed in subsection (a), the
General Assembly may provide that the term of each county official
initially elected after enactment of the law to provide the uniform date
for beginning the terms of the county official is for less than four years
in order to establish a uniform schedule of dates for the beginning of
terms for the office. However, after the initial election for each office,
the term for that office shall be for four years.
(c) No person shall be eligible to the office of Clerk, Auditor,
Recorder, Treasurer, Sheriff or Coroner more than eight years in any
period of twelve years.