CHAPTER 2. TAX COURT JUDGE

IC 33-26-2
    Chapter 2. Tax Court Judge

IC 33-26-2-1
Judge
    Sec. 1. The tax court consists of one (1) judge.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.

IC 33-26-2-2
Qualifications of judge
    Sec. 2. The judge of the tax court must:
        (1) be a citizen of Indiana; and
        (2) have been admitted to the practice of law in Indiana for aperiod of at least five (5) years.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.

IC 33-26-2-3
Term of office; approval or rejection
    Sec. 3. (a) The initial term of office of a person appointed to serveas the judge of the tax court begins on the effective date of thatappointment and ends on the date of the next general election thatfollows the expiration of two (2) years from the effective date of thatappointment.
    (b) The tax court judge may be approved or rejected for anadditional term or terms in the same manner as are the justices of thesupreme court under IC 33-24-2.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.

IC 33-26-2-4
Vacancy
    Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a vacancyon the tax court shall be filled as provided in IC 33-27.
    (b) Before the expiration of the sixty (60) day period prescribedby IC 33-27-3-4, the governor shall:
        (1) appoint to the tax court one (1) of the three (3) personsinitially nominated by the judicial nominating commission; or
        (2) reject all the persons initially nominated by the commission.
If the governor does reject all the nominees, the governor shall notifythe chairman of the judicial nominating commission of that action.The commission shall then submit the nominations of three (3) newcandidates to the governor not later than forty (40) days after receiptof the notice. The governor shall fill the vacancy on the tax court byappointing one (1) of the new candidates within sixty (60) days fromthe date the names of the new candidates are submitted by thecommission.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.

IC 33-26-2-5
Salary; expenses; full-time position
    Sec. 5. (a) The judge of the tax court is entitled to an annual salary

equal to the annual salary provided in IC 33-38-5-8 to a judge of thecourt of appeals. In addition, the judge of the tax court is entitled tothe following:
        (1) Reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expensesactually incurred in connection with the judge's duties, asprovided in the state travel policies and procedures establishedby the Indiana department of administration and approved bythe budget agency.
        (2) A subsistence allowance equal to the amount provided underIC 33-38-5-8 to a judge of the court of appeals who is not thechief judge of the court of appeals.
    (b) The judge of the tax court:
        (1) shall devote full-time to judicial duties; and
        (2) may not engage in the practice of law.
    (c) The state shall pay the annual salary prescribed in subsection(a) from the state general fund.
    (d) The state shall furnish an automobile to the judge of the statetax court.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.

IC 33-26-2-6
Disqualification; judge pro tempore
    Sec. 6. If the judge of the tax court is disqualified from hearing acase or is incapable of exercising judicial duties with respect to thecase, the chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint a judge protempore to sit in place of the disqualified or absent judge.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.5.