CHAPTER 22. TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATION OF TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE MONEY
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Chapter 22. Township Assistance Budgets and Appropriation of
Township Assistance Money
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Additional appropriations
Sec. 1. (a) A township trustee may not, acting as administrator of
township assistance, disburse any money or incur any obligation in
the furnishing of township assistance in excess of the amount
appropriated for that purpose.
(b) Appropriations for township assistance purposes must be
made in the manner provided by law for appropriations for other
township purposes.
(c) When preparing the annual budget for a township, the
township trustee and the township board shall set out in the budget
the amount of expenditures estimated to be reasonably required for
current township assistance in the following calendar year. If the
amount provided for township assistance in the annual budget as
finally adopted and approved is insufficient to meet the requirements
for that purpose, additional appropriations may be made in the
manner provided by law for the making of additional appropriations
by townships for other purposes.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.97.
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Certified copies of record; payment
Sec. 2. (a) Copies of all township budgets for current township
assistance shall, as finally adopted and approved, be placed on file
in the office of the county auditor. If an additional appropriation for
current township assistance is made by a township:
(1) a certified copy of the action of the township board in
making the additional appropriation; and
(2) a certified copy of the order of the department approving the
additional appropriation;
shall be filed in the office of the county auditor.
(b) A township trustee may not pay any township assistance order
or claim in excess of the amount appropriated for current township
assistance purposes, except as otherwise provided by law.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.145-1993, SEC.6;
P.L.101-2000, SEC.6; P.L.90-2002, SEC.348; P.L.73-2005, SEC.98.
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Uniform rules and forms
Sec. 3. The state board of accounts shall adopt uniform forms and
necessary rules under this chapter to make the method of budgeting
and appropriating township assistance money uniform in all
townships.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.99.
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Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.101-2000, SEC.11.)