Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1016
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 3-8-1-34.
Synopsis: Candidates for school board office. Provides that a
candidate for a school board office may not be an employee or agent of
that school corporation.
Effective: January 1, 2025.
Morrison, Teshka, Morris, Prescott
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and
Apportionment.
2024 IN 1016—LS 6094/DI 144 Introduced
Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1016
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 3-8-1-34, AS AMENDED BY P.L.233-2015,
2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JANUARY 1, 2025]: Sec. 34. (a) A candidate for a school board office
4 must have resided in the school corporation for at least one (1) year
5 before the election.
6 (b) This subsection applies to a candidate for a school board office
7 seeking to represent an election district that consists of less than the
8 entire school corporation. The candidate must have resided in the
9 election district for at least one (1) year before the election.
10 (c) A candidate for a school board office may not be an
11 employee or agent of that school corporation.
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