Indiana Code 12-20-16-8. Incompetent head of family; alternate food purchase order issuance
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Sec. 8. (a) If an applicant or a household is considered by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to be incompetent or irresponsible to select food from a combined grocery and meat market or to make proper use of food stamps, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall issue the food purchase order in the name of one (1) of the following:
(2) Another relative living in another household.
(1) Another adult member of the household.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-20-16-8
- Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(3) Any other individual considered competent by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance.
(b) For the purpose of selecting the combined grocery and meat market in a township having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) from which food for the household is to be obtained, the competent individual referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered the individual responsible.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(h).]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.59; P.L.73-2005, SEC.75.