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IC 3-13-5-9: Determination of house of general assembly that person should not be seated because of ineligibility; filling of seat; constitutional eligibility requirements

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  1. TITLE 3. ELECTIONS
  2. ARTICLE 13. VACANCIES
  3. Chapter 5. Vacancies in Legislative Offices

Sec. 9. If a house of the general assembly determines that a person should not be seated as a member of that house because that person was ineligible to hold the seat for which a certificate of election has been issued by the secretary of state, the seat shall be filled under this chapter. A person selected to fill a vacant seat under this section must meet all requirements set forth in Article 4, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana as of the date of the general election for which the ineligible person who was not seated received a certificate of election.

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