1. (a) If a vacancy in the position of elected supervisor occurs during the district's operating year:

   1. (1) the district supervisors shall, within thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs, recommend to the board in writing one (1) or more individuals qualified to fill the position;
   2. (2) at the first board meeting held after the board receives a recommendation under subdivision (1), the board shall act upon the recommendation and appoint an individual to temporarily fill the vacancy; and
   3. (3) the board shall notify the supervisors of the appointment made by the board.
2. (b) The individual appointed to temporarily fill a vacancy under subsection (a) shall serve until the district's next annual meeting.
3. (c) At the annual meeting immediately following the appointment of an individual to temporarily fill a vacant elected supervisor's position, the position shall be filled through the regular election procedure set forth in sections 6 through 9 of this chapter.

4. (d) If three (3) or more vacant unexpired terms occur simultaneously in the district, the board shall make appointments to fill the vacancies.

   [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-1-7(f).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.136-1997, SEC.22; P.L.14-2026, SEC.6.