Sec. 1. (a) In addition to the other methods of township assistance financing provided by this article, if a township trustee for a township determines that a particular township’s township assistance account will be exhausted before the end of a fiscal year, the township trustee shall notify the township board of that determination.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-20-24-1

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) After receiving notice under subsection (a) that a township’s township assistance account will be exhausted before the end of a fiscal year, the township board shall appeal to the department of local government finance for the right to borrow money on a short term basis to fund township assistance services in the township. In the appeal the township board must do the following:

(1) Show that the amount of money contained in the township assistance account will not be sufficient to fund services required to be provided within the township by this article.

(2) Show the amount of money that the board estimates will be needed to fund the deficit.

(3) Indicate a period, not to exceed five (5) years, during which the township would repay the loan.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-4.5-1.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.145-1993, SEC.8; P.L.101-2000, SEC.8; P.L.73-2005, SEC.108; P.L.169-2006, SEC.36.