H.E.A. 1197, P.L. 159-2025
Effective: July 1, 2025
Specifies additional grounds on which certain county officers or a township executive may be charged and deprived of office following a hearing. Provides that if an accused party does not appear before the court, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in the accused party’s absence. Includes a member of the county executive, if the county does not contain a consolidated city, in a provision concerning the initiation of an action for removal of a county officer.
Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1197