Sec. 1. A township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may provide and shall extend township assistance only when the personal effort of the township assistance applicant fails to provide one (1) or more basic necessities. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(b).] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.53; P.L.73-2005, SEC.69.
Sec. 10. The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may purchase feed for a minimum amount of subsistence livestock if the cost is less than the cost of food that is otherwise necessary for the township trustee to furnish under this chapter. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-37.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, […]
Sec. 11. (a) A township trustee may not furnish a nonresident of a township with transportation at the cost of the township until the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, determines the legal residence of the individual applying for assistance. (b) Transportation provided to a nonresident of a township must be in the direction […]
Sec. 12. (a) This section does not apply if the county coroner assumes jurisdiction of an unclaimed body under IC 36-2-14-16. (b) If: (1) an individual dies in a township without leaving: (A) money; (B) real or personal property; (C) other assets that may be liquidated; or (D) other means necessary to defray funeral expenses; […]
Sec. 13. (a) The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may process at the expense of the township materials provided by charitable or governmental agencies to provide any item of township assistance if the expense of the processing is less than the cost of the finished product. (b) The township trustee, as administrator of […]
Sec. 14. The township trustee is authorized to provide insulin to individuals who are in need of insulin treatment and who are financially unable to purchase the insulin, upon application of a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 or an advanced practice registered nurse who is licensed under IC 25-23 and who meets the requirements of […]
Sec. 15. The township trustee may place indigent individuals in the county home in accordance with IC 12-30-4. [1992 Revision Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.
Sec. 17. (a) A township trustee may employ the services of a housing inspector to inspect all housing units, including: (1) mobile homes; (2) group homes; (3) single household units; (4) multiple household units; (5) apartments; or (6) any other dwelling; inhabited by a township assistance recipient. (b) A township trustee may contract with a […]
Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the township trustee shall, in cases of necessity, do the following: (1) Promptly provide medical assistance for poor individuals in the township who are not provided for in public institutions. (2) See that medicines, medical supplies, special diets, or tests prescribed by a physician […]
Sec. 3. (a) The township trustee may, in cases of necessity, authorize the payment from township assistance money for essential utility services, including the following: (1) Water services. (2) Gas services. (3) Electric services. (4) Fuel oil services for fuel oil used for heating or cooking. (5) Coal, wood, or liquid propane used for heating […]
Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies only to a township assistance recipient who has prepaid service. (b) As used in this section, “electric service provider” means a corporation organized under: (1) IC 8-1-13; or (2) IC 23-17 that: (A) is an electric cooperative; and (B) has at least one (1) member that is a corporation […]
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-6(d).] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.198; P.L.5-1993, SEC.211. Repealed by P.L.51-1996, SEC.77.
Sec. 5. (a) An applicant or a household that receives food relief in any township having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) may request the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to issue a food order upon any eligible market, and the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall abide by […]
Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may not purchase food out of the township assistance fund for an applicant or a household that is eligible to participate in the federal food stamp program. (b) A township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may purchase […]
Sec. 7. (a) A combined grocery (marketing fresh vegetables, fresh eggs, and dairy products) and meat market (marketing fresh meat) in a township having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) is eligible to accept food purchase orders from the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, in the township in which the market […]
Sec. 8. (a) If an applicant or a household is considered by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to be incompetent or irresponsible to select food from a combined grocery and meat market or to make proper use of food stamps, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall issue the food […]
Sec. 9. (a) A township trustee may not provide food assistance for more than thirty (30) days unless an individual files an application with the township trustee that includes the following: (1) Evidence of application for food stamps from the division of family resources. (2) The amount of assistance received or the reason for denial […]
