Indiana Code
Article 20. Township Assistance
Chapter 25. Township Assistance in Distressed Townships

12-20-25-0.3. Township Poor Relief Control Board; Change of Name; Transfer of Rules, Powers, Duties, Assets, and Liabilities; Treatment of References To; Members - Sec. 0.3. (a) The township assistance control board is a...

12-20-25-0.4. Repealed - As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.272. Repealed by P.L.197-2016, SEC.102.

12-20-25-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each county having at...

12-20-25-2. "Control Board" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "control board" refers...

12-20-25-3. "Creditor" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "creditor" means a...

12-20-25-4. "Distressed Township" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "distressed township" means:...

12-20-25-5. "Indebtedness" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "indebtedness" includes unpaid...

12-20-25-6. Notification of Township Board of Distressed Status - Sec. 6. The township trustee shall immediately notify the township...

12-20-25-7. Action Upon Notice of Township Distress; Certification to Governor - Sec. 7. (a) Upon receipt of notice from the trustee...

12-20-25-8. Management Committee; Membership - Sec. 8. Upon receipt of a certification under section 7...

12-20-25-9. Service at Will of Governor - Sec. 9. The management committee serves at the pleasure of...

12-20-25-10. Township Trustee's Duties to Advise and Assist - Sec. 10. The township trustee shall serve as an advisor...

12-20-25-11. Committee Administration of Township Trustee's Office - Sec. 11. The management committee shall administer the township trustee's...

12-20-25-12. Township Assistance Control Board - Sec. 12. At the time the governor appoints the members...

12-20-25-13. Distressed Township as Controlled Township; Payment of Township Assistance Claims and Committee Operating Costs From Supplemental Township Assistance Fund - Sec. 13. (a) When the management committee is appointed, the...

12-20-25-14. Authority of Township Trustee - Sec. 14. A township trustee has no authority concerning township...

12-20-25-15. Duties of Committee; Rules - Sec. 15. (a) The management committee appointed under section 8...

12-20-25-16. Litigation Powers and Duties - Sec. 16. The management committee may be sued in the...

12-20-25-17. Committee Powers Regarding Employees - Sec. 17. (a) The management committee may do the following:...

12-20-25-18. Adoption of Rules - Sec. 18. (a) The management committee and the control board...

12-20-25-19. Registration for Work at Department of Workforce Development Prerequisite to Assistance - Sec. 19. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,...

12-20-25-20. Case Numbers - Sec. 20. (a) The management committee shall assign a case...

12-20-25-21. Denial of Claims; Grounds - Sec. 21. Notwithstanding IC 12-20-20, a claim may not be...

12-20-25-22. Payment of Unpaid Claims of Creditors - Sec. 22. (a) Sections 22 through 28 of this chapter...

12-20-25-23. Statement of Claim; Filing Limitations - Sec. 23. The claim of a creditor is void if...

12-20-25-24. Information Regarding Creditors' Claims; Notice to Creditors - Sec. 24. (a) The county auditor shall provide the management...

12-20-25-25. Notice by Publication - Sec. 25. In addition to the notice required in section...

12-20-25-26. Review and Evaluation of Claims - Sec. 26. (a) Upon receipt of a statement of claims...

12-20-25-27. Payment of Claims; Invalid and Unreasonable Claims - Sec. 27. (a) Except as provided in section 52(3) of...

12-20-25-28. Determination of Validity and Reasonableness of Claim; Finality; Appeal - Sec. 28. (a) A determination of the management committee concerning...

12-20-25-29. Township Assistance Control Board; Membership; Salaries - Sec. 29. (a) A township assistance control board is established...

12-20-25-30. Powers and Duties of Control Board - Sec. 30. (a) The control board shall supervise the township...

12-20-25-31. Distribution Rules; Requirements - Sec. 31. (a) The control board may adopt rules concerning...

12-20-25-32. Report; Financial Plan Recommendation - Sec. 32. (a) As soon as the management committee has...

12-20-25-33. Operating Budget; Financial Plan; Adoption - Sec. 33. (a) Upon receipt of the report required in...

12-20-25-34. Financial Plan; Contents - Sec. 34. The financial plan adopted under section 33 of...

12-20-25-35. Control Board Report to County Fiscal Body; Adoption or Rejection of Financial Plan; Inclusion of Income Tax - Sec. 35. (a) The control board shall report the following...

12-20-25-36. Department Action; Transfer of Funds to Township Assistance Account - Sec. 36. (a) Notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-17, if the county fiscal...

12-20-25-37. Adoption of Proposal Including Income Tax; Notice to Department of Revenue; Collection of Tax - Sec. 37. (a) If the county fiscal body adopts an...

12-20-25-38. Advance of State General Fund Money; Repayment - Sec. 38. (a) If the county fiscal body adopts an...

12-20-25-39. Deposit of Tax Proceeds; Disbursement - Sec. 39. The proceeds of the local income tax imposed...

12-20-25-40. Local Income Tax Township Assistance Control Fund; Disbursement Priorities - Sec. 40. The county treasurer shall deposit the disbursements from...

12-20-25-41. "Advance"; "Support"; Termination of Controlled Status - Sec. 41. (a) As used in subsection (c), "advance" refers...

12-20-25-42. Township Certified as Distressed Before January 1, 1988; Termination of Controlled Status; Review and Approval of Civil and Township Assistance Budgets; Outstanding Debt - Sec. 42. (a) This section applies to a township that...

12-20-25-43. Maximum Ad Valorem Property Tax Insufficient to Pay All Township Assistance Claims; Dedication of Other Revenue - Sec. 43. Notwithstanding IC 6-3.6, if: (1) there has been...

12-20-25-44. Distribution of Local Income Tax; Rescission of Tax; Termination of Tax - Sec. 44. (a) This section applies after the termination of...

12-20-25-45. Adjustments to Local Income Tax; Local Homestead Credit - Sec. 45. (a) Notwithstanding IC 6-3.6, after the termination of...

12-20-25-46. Income Tax Revenues; Distribution After Termination of Controlled Status - Sec. 46. After the termination of the controlled status of...

12-20-25-47. Continuation of Rules Until Modified or Terminated - Sec. 47. Rules established by the control board before the...

12-20-25-48. Audits or Reports as Public Records - Sec. 48. An audit or a report: (1) required to...

12-20-25-49. Maximum Permissible Ad Valorem Property Tax Levy Mandatory - Sec. 49. Each distressed township shall take all action necessary...

12-20-25-50. Office Space for Management Committee and Control Board - Sec. 50. The county auditor shall provide the management committee...

12-20-25-51. Distressed Township Supplemental Township Assistance Fund; Establishment; Administration; General Purpose - Sec. 51. The distressed township supplemental township assistance fund is...

12-20-25-52. Nature and Uses of Distressed Township Supplemental Township Assistance Fund - Sec. 52. State support provided from the distressed township supplemental...

12-20-25-53. Contents of Distressed Township Supplemental Township Assistance Fund - Sec. 53. The distressed township supplemental township assistance fund consists...

12-20-25-54. Audit Disclosing Negligence or Unlawful Conduct; Criminal or Civil Charges - Sec. 54. If a financial or compliance audit required under...

12-20-25-55. Failure to Notify of Distressed Condition; Offense - Sec. 55. A township trustee who knowingly violates section 6...