IC 12-30
    ARTICLE 30. COUNTY HOMES AND OTHERCOUNTY FACILITIES

IC 12-30-1
    Chapter 1. General Provisions Concerning County Homes

IC 12-30-1-1
County board of commissioners; powers and duties
    Sec. 1. The board of commissioners of a county may do thefollowing:
        (1) Purchase a tract of real property in the name of the county.
        (2) Build, establish, and organize a county home for theindigent on the tract of real property.
        (3) Employ a humane and responsible individual who resides inthe county, upon the terms and under the restrictions the boardof commissioners considers most advantageous to the interestsof the county, to take charge of the county home assuperintendent.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.

IC 12-30-1-2
Name of home
    Sec. 2. A county home shall be called the "________ CountyHome". However, the board of commissioners may adopt anothername for the county home.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.

IC 12-30-1-3
Joint action of boards of commissioners; powers
    Sec. 3. The boards of commissioners of at least two (2) countiesmay, by joint action, do the following:
        (1) Purchase a tract of real property.
        (2) Erect, organize, and operate a county home for the indigentof the counties on the real property.
        (3) Continue the joint ownership and operation of the countyhome as the boards of commissioners desire.
        (4) Do other things proper and necessary for the relief andcomfort of the indigent within the counties forming the jointownership that an individual county may do under this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.

IC 12-30-1-4
Property tax; assessment; limitation
    Sec. 4. To raise the amount necessary for the purchase of realproperty and the erection and furnishing of the buildings for countyhomes under this chapter, the board of commissioners of a countymay assess a tax on property liable to be assessed for raising a countyrevenue. The assessment may not increase the rates at which theproperty is assessed by the laws existing when the tax is assessed by

more than twenty-five percent (25%).
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.

IC 12-30-1-5
Removal to home of permanent charges to county; employmentand support; removal of permanent charges to townships
    Sec. 5. (a) A board of commissioners that has established a countyhome under this chapter:
        (1) shall order that all indigent individuals who have becomepermanent charges on the county be removed to the countyhome; and
        (2) may take the measures for the employment and support ofthe indigent as the board of commissioners considers advisable.
    (b) After a county home is established and an order is issuedunder subsection (a), the township trustees as administrators oftownship assistance shall, as indigent individuals become permanentcharges to their respective townships, have those individualsremoved to the county home.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.73-2005,SEC.154.

IC 12-30-1-6
Discontinuance; sale or lease; contracts with other counties orinstitutions to provide care to indigent individuals
    Sec. 6. (a) A county home provided by a board of commissionersfor the indigent may be discontinued in whole or in part by the boardof commissioners, subject to the approval of the county fiscal body.The real and personal property that relates to a discontinued countyhome and that belongs to the county may be:
        (1) sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part,as real property of the county is sold; or
        (2) applied in the manner that is best for the interest of thecounty and approved by the county fiscal body.
    (b) If the county home of a county is discontinued under thissection, the board of commissioners of the county may contract withthe board of commissioners of the nearest other county that hasavailable accommodations for the maintenance and care of theindigent individuals of the county in the county home of the othercounty.
    (c) A board of commissioners that discontinues a county homeunder this section may contract with:
        (1) a person or corporation that maintains within the county aninstitution for the care of indigent individuals; or
        (2) another agency or private institution located in Indiana thathas appropriate facilities and is willing to accept and providecare and maintenance for indigent individuals;
for the maintenance and care of the indigent of the county. Thecontract may include reasonable terms and conditions that are agreedupon by the board of commissioners and approved by the countyfiscal body.As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.