Sec. 38.1. (a) This section applies to the boundaries of a precinct as established before January 1, 2021.

     (b) As used in this chapter, “federal decennial census” has the meaning set forth in IC 1-1-3.5-2(a).

     (c) The office shall file with the election division the following information for a precinct described in subsection (a):

(1) A list of the census blocks comprising the voting tabulation districts used by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, in reporting the 2020 federal decennial census of Indiana, as supplemented by the office.

(2) A file in a format prescribed by the election division depicting the boundaries of the precinct as shown by maps included in the GIS.

     (d) After a filing occurs under subsection (c), the election division shall immediately notify the county executive and the county election board (or the board of elections and registration) of the county in which the precinct is located.

     (e) Not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the notice described in subsection (d), the county executive shall notify the election division if the filing described in subsection (c) contains errors or is otherwise incorrect or incomplete. The notice must state one (1) of the following:

(1) The county executive will submit to the election division, not later than January 1, 2022, additional information for or corrections to the filing, which will become the precinct boundaries for the county for purposes of an election conducted after January 1, 2022, and until a new precinct establishment order for the county is adopted as provided in this chapter.

(2) The county executive will adopt a new precinct establishment order for the county as provided in this chapter.

     (f) The election division shall provide the office with the additional information and corrections submitted by a county executive under subsection (e)(1), and the office shall add the additional information and corrections to the GIS.

     (g) If a county executive does not file a notice under subsection (e), the following apply:

(1) The precinct descriptions filed by the office under subsection (c) become the precinct boundaries for the county for purposes of an election conducted after January 1, 2022, and until a new precinct establishment order for the county is adopted as provided in this chapter.

(2) A registered voter of the county may not file an objection under section 18 of this chapter to the precinct descriptions filed by the office under subsection (c).

     (h) This subsection applies to an order to establish precinct boundaries approved under this chapter before January 1, 2021. Not later than January 1, 2022, the county executive shall do the following:

(1) Correct any precinct boundaries that contain incorrect information as the result of the enactment of any of the following:

(A) The 2021 Indiana congressional district plan.

(B) The 2021 senate district plan.

(C) The 2021 house district plan.

(2) File with the election division any corrections as described in subdivision (1) on a form prescribed by the election division or through the module on the computerized list established under IC 3-7-26.3 as described in section 12.1 of this chapter.

     (i) This section does not prohibit the establishment of precincts in a county using a precinct establishment order as provided in this chapter.

     (j) In addition to precinct boundaries, the name of a precinct as included in the federal decennial census data becomes the official name of the precinct.

As added by P.L.108-2021, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.227-2023, SEC.64.