Indiana Code Title 33. Courts and Court Officers § 33-33-71-31

Sec. 31. (a) Members appointed to the commission by the St. Joseph County board of commissioners shall be made by a majority vote of the St. Joseph County board of commissioners.  If a vacancy occurs on the commission among the members appointed by the St. Joseph County board of commissioners, that fact shall be reported to the president of the St. Joseph County board of commissioners by the commission.  Upon notification, the president of the St. Joseph County board of commissioners shall call into session the St. Joseph County board of commissioners, which shall, by majority vote, select a person or persons who shall serve the unexpired term of the vacant commission membership position and that this selection and appointment shall be made within sixty (60) days after the date the president of the St. Joseph County board of commissioners is notified of the creation of the vacancy.  If the St. Joseph County board of commissioners fails to act to fill an unexpired term of a member of the commission previously appointed by the St. Joseph County board of commissioners within sixty (60) days after the notification that the vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the commission.

(b) Not less than sixty (60) days before the expiration of the term of a member of the commission appointed by the St. Joseph County board of commissioners, the president of the St. Joseph County board of commissioners shall call into session the St. Joseph County board of commissioners that shall appoint, by a majority vote, a person to the commission to serve a new term.  If the St. Joseph County board of commissioners fails to act to fill an expired term of a member of the commission previously appointed by the St. Joseph County board of commissioners by the date of expiration of the term, the remaining members on the commission shall, by majority vote, appoint a person to serve for the succeeding term.  All appointments made to the commission shall be certified within ten (10) days to the clerk of the St. Joseph superior court.

(c) Each voting appointee to the commission, except those who fill a vacancy, shall serve for four (4) years.