Sec. 23. (a) The county home board may receive and administer any
gift,
devise, or
bequest of
personal property, including the income from
real property, to or for the benefit of the county home or for the benefit of residents or patients who are admitted to the care or supervision of the county home board. The county home board may invest or reinvest any of the money received under this section in the same kinds of securities in which life insurance companies are authorized by law to invest money.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-30-3-23
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) shall be kept in a special fund;
(2) may not be commingled with any other fund received from taxation; and
(3) may be expended by the county home board in any manner consistent with the purposes of the fund’s creation and the intention of the donor, subject to the approval of the court of the county having probate jurisdiction.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-4-3-13.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.
