IC 12-20-19
    Chapter 19. Participation in Federal Surplus Food Programs

IC 12-20-19-1
Authorization
    Sec. 1. (a) A township trustee, as administrator of townshipassistance, may participate in and cooperate with the establishmentand use of federal surplus commodities food, cotton, or other stampplans created by a governmental agency of the United States in thepurchase of food, clothing, or other township assistance supplies.
    (b) If a township trustee's cooperation and participation in federalsurplus commodities or stamp programs can be more efficiently andexpeditiously handled in a larger unit than a single township, a groupof township trustees, as administrators of township assistance, maydo the following:
        (1) Establish a single stamp issuing agency.
        (2) Appoint and designate an issuing agent to issue stamps torecipients entitled to participate in the programs.
        (3) Pay each township's pro rata share of all administrative andother costs incident to the maintenance and operation of theissuing office.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.87.

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Revolving fund
    Sec. 2. To establish a revolving fund necessary for a townshiptrustee's participation or administration, the township trustees, asadministrators of township assistance, may make claims in the samemanner as other township assistance claims are paid by the township.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.68;P.L.73-2005, SEC.88.

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Issuing officer; oath of office; bond
    Sec. 3. (a) The issuing officer employed by a township trusteemust take an oath for the faithful performance of the duties of theissuing officer's office.
    (b) The issuing officer must furnish a bond:
        (1) payable to the state; and
        (2) conditioned upon the faithful performance of the issuingofficer's duties and accurate accounting of all money in theissuing officer's possession.
    (c) The bond required by subsection (b) must be in a penal sum ofnot less than the total amount of the revolving money coming into theissuing officer's possession from all trustees.
    (d) The cost of the bond required by subsection (b) shall be paidby county warrant and charged by the county auditor pro rata againstthe township assistance accounts of the townships participating in theestablishment of the revolving or other fund for the purposes setforth in this chapter.As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.69;P.L.73-2005, SEC.89.

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Orders or stamps for food and clothing; issuance
    Sec. 4. (a) The trustees participating in or cooperating withprograms under this chapter may issue to eligible recipients ordersor stamps for food, clothing, or other items covered under the federalplan.
    (b) An order issued under this section must set forth the quantitiesand prices of each item ordered and the total amount of the order orstamps.
    (c) A recipient who receives an order or stamps under this sectionmay present the order or stamps to the issuing officer and is entitledto have issued to the recipient food, cotton, or other vouchers for usein the purchase of township assistance supplies.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.70;P.L.73-2005, SEC.90.

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Higher education award; effect upon eligibility for federal surplusfood program assistance
    Sec. 5. If an individual receives a state or federal higher educationaward that is paid directly to an approved postsecondary educationalinstitution for the individual's benefit:
        (1) the individual is not required to report the award as incomeor as a resource of the individual when applying for assistancethrough federal surplus food programs; and
        (2) the award may not be considered as income or a resource ofthe individual in determining eligibility for assistance throughfederal surplus food programs.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.162.