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IC 12-20-28-1
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.51-1996, SEC.77.)
IC 12-20-28-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.51-1996, SEC.77.)
IC 12-20-28-3
Annual statistical report; statewide statistical report; filing
Sec. 3. (a) The definitions in this section apply to a report that is
required to be filed under this section.
(b) As used in this section, "case contact" means any act of
service in which a township employee has reason to enter a comment
or narrative into the record of an application for township assistance
under this article regardless of whether the applicant receives or does
not receive township assistance funds.
(c) As used in this section, "total number of households
containing township assistance recipients" means the sum to be
determined by counting the total number of individuals who file an
application for which assistance is granted. A household may be
counted only once during a calendar year regardless of the number
of times assistance is provided if the same individual makes the
application for assistance.
(d) As used in this section, "total number of recipients" means the
number of individuals who are members of a household that receives
assistance on at least one (1) occasion during the calendar year. An
individual may be counted only one (1) time during a calendar year
regardless of the:
(1) number of times assistance is provided; or
(2) number of households in which the individual resides during
a particular year.
(e) As used in this section, "total number of requests for
assistance" means the number of times an individual or a household
separately requests any type of township assistance.
(f) The township trustee shall file an annual statistical report on
township housing, medical care, utility assistance, food assistance,
burial assistance, food pantry assistance, services related to
representative payee programs, services related to special
nontraditional programs, and case management services with the
state board of accounts. The township trustee shall provide a copy of
the annual statistical report to the county auditor. The county auditor
shall keep the copy of the report in the county auditor's office.
Except as provided in subsection (k), the report must be made on a
form provided by the state board of accounts. The report must
contain the following information:
(1) The total number of requests for assistance.
this subsection is zero (0), the township trustee shall include the
notation "0" in the report where the total number or value is required
to be reported.
(g) The state board of accounts shall compare and compile all data
reported under subsection (f) into a statewide statistical report. The
department shall summarize the data compiled by the state board of
accounts that relate to the fixing of township budgets, levies, and tax
rates and shall include the department's summary within the
statewide statistical report prepared under this subsection. Before
July 1, of each year, the state board of accounts shall file the
statewide statistical report prepared under this subsection with the
executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6.
(h) The state board of accounts shall forward a copy of:
(1) each annual report forwarded to the board under subsection
(f); and
(2) the statewide statistical report under subsection (g);
to the department and the division of family resources.
(i) The division of family resources shall include in the division's
periodic reports made to the United States Department of Health and
Human Services concerning the Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families (TANF) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs
information forwarded to the division under subsection (h)
concerning the total number of recipients of township assistance and
the total dollar amount of benefits provided.
(j) The department may not approve the budget of a township
trustee who fails to file an annual report under subsection (f) in the
preceding calendar year.
(k) This section does not prevent the electronic transfer of data
required to be reported under IC 12-2-1-40 (before its repeal) or this
section if the following conditions are met:
(1) The method of reporting is acceptable to both the township
trustee reporting the information and the governmental entity to
which the information is reported.
(2) A written copy of information reported by electronic
transfer is on file with the township trustee reporting
information by electronic means.
(l) The information required to be reported by the township
trustee under this section shall be maintained by the township trustee
in accordance with IC 5-15-6.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.73;
P.L.90-2002, SEC.364; P.L.262-2003, SEC.7; P.L.28-2004,
SEC.111; P.L.73-2005, SEC.152 and P.L.73-2005, SEC.153;
P.L.180-2005, SEC.6; P.L.145-2006, SEC.122.