Ind. Code § 33-41-2-13

Sec. 13. If the classification of any judicial circuit is changed by reason of change in population as determined by the census, the salaries of the court reporters of the judicial circuit is governed as provided by this chapter for judicial circuits of the population class into which it is placed. However, a judicial circuit may not be reduced in classification for determining the salary of any court reporter unless the minimum population of any class on July 1, 1965, was reduced more than five percent (5%) by the last preceding United States federal decennial census.