Sec. 4. (a) The township trustee may require a township assistance applicant or an adult member of the applicant’s household to satisfy all obligations to perform work incurred in another township before additional township assistance is granted. However, in case of an emergency, the trustee may temporarily waive the work obligation incurred from another township and provide temporary assistance to an applicant or a household in order to relieve need or immediate suffering.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-20-11-4

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
     (b) The township trustee may request from another township trustee documentation necessary to confirm that a township assistance applicant or an adult member of the applicant’s household performed or did not perform work in another township.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(k).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.43; P.L.73-2005, SEC.57.

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