IC 4-4-2
    Chapter 2. Inability of Lieutenant Governor to Discharge OfficialDuties

IC 4-4-2-1
Repealed
    (Repealed by Acts 1979, P.L.19, SEC.4.)

IC 4-4-2-1.1
Self-declaration of inability to discharge office; appointment ofacting lieutenant governor; resumption of office
    Sec. 1.1. Whenever the lieutenant governor transmits to thegovernor his written declaration that he is unable to discharge thepowers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to him awritten declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall bedischarged by a person appointed by the governor as actinglieutenant governor. Thereafter, when the lieutenant governortransmits to the governor his written declaration that no inabilityexists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.19, SEC.1.

IC 4-4-2-2
Supreme court decision of inability to discharge office; resumptionof office; procedures
    Sec. 2. Whenever the governor, the president pro tempore of thesenate and the speaker of the house of representatives file with thesupreme court a written statement suggesting that the lieutenantgovernor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,the supreme court shall, after giving notice to the lieutenant governorof the date, time, and place of their meeting, meet within forty-eight(48) hours to decide the question and such decision shall be final.Thereafter, whenever the lieutenant governor files with the supremecourt his written declaration that no inability exists, the supremecourt shall meet within forty-eight (48) hours to decide whether suchbe the case and such decision shall be final. Upon a decision that noinability exists, the lieutenant governor shall resume the powers andduties of his office.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.19, SEC.2.

IC 4-4-2-3
Supreme court decision of inability to discharge office;appointment of acting lieutenant governor
    Sec. 3. Whenever the supreme court decides that the lieutenantgovernor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,the governor shall appoint a person as acting lieutenant governor todischarge the powers and duties of the office of lieutenant governoruntil the supreme court decides that no inability exists.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.19, SEC.3.