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 of the nonresident's legal residence unless it is shown that the individual in need has a valid claim for support or a means of support in some other place to which the individual asks to be sent.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-15.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.60; P.L.73-2005, SEC.77.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 20. Township Assistance
Chapter 16. Provision of Various Forms of Township Assistance
12-20-16-1. Assistance Only Upon Necessity
12-20-16-2. Medical Assistance; Necessity
12-20-16-3. Utility Services Payment; Necessity; Eligibility
12-20-16-3.5. Prepaid Electric Service
12-20-16-6. Federal Food Stamp Program Eligibility
12-20-16-7. Eligible Markets; Continuing Eligibility; Purchase Order Itemization
12-20-16-8. Incompetent Head of Family; Alternate Food Purchase Order Issuance
12-20-16-9. Limitation on Food Assistance; Food Stamp Application
12-20-16-10. Livestock; Feed Instead of Cost of Food
12-20-16-11. Nonresidents; Transportation Without Ascertaining Legal Residence
12-20-16-12. Funeral and Burial or Cremation Expenses
12-20-16-13. Processing Purchased and Donated Materials for Township Assistance; Gardens