Notwithstanding IC 36-1-8-10 , whenever the city's ordinance establishing a water department requires that an appointment to the board of trustees of the water department be conditioned upon the political affiliation of the appointee, or that the membership of the board not exceed a stated number of members from the same political party, at the time of an appointment the appointee must:

1. (1) have voted in the two (2) most recent primary elections held by the party with which the appointee claims affiliation; or
2. (2) if the appointee did not vote in the two (2) most recent primary elections or only voted in one (1) of those elections, be certified as a member of the party with which the appointee claims affiliation by that party's county chair for the county in which the appointee resides.

As added by P.L.320-1989, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.375.