Section 12-19-1-15 - Gifts, devises, and bequests of personal property; investment; special fund; expenditures(a) The division may receive and administer a gift, devise, or bequest of personal property, including the income from real property, that is to or for the benefit of an individual receiving payments or services through a county office.(b) The division shall establish a special fund or an account in a trust fund for the money received under this section. The expenses of administering the fund or account shall be paid from money in the fund or account. The money may not be commingled with money received from taxation.(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund or account not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund or account in the same manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund or account.(d) Money in the fund or account at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.(e) Subject to the approval of the judge or the court of the county having probate jurisdiction, money in the fund or account may be expended by the division in any manner consistent with the purposes of the fund or account created under this section and with the intention of the donor.Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-3-6(c).
As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.13. Amended by P.L. 4-1993, SEC.167; P.L. 5-1993, SEC.180; P.L. 146-2008, SEC.402; P.L. 44-2009, SEC.23.