Section 12-20-10-2 - Assistance contingent on performance of work; exception If:
(1) a township assistance applicant is in good health and able to work; and(2) either: (A) the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, offers employment to the township assistance applicant, regardless of whether the compensation for the work is in the form of money, house rent, or commodities consisting of the necessaries of life; or(B) employment at a reasonable compensation is offered by any other individual, governmental agency, or employer; the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall not furnish township assistance to the applicant until the township assistance applicant performs the work or shows just cause for not performing the work. However, a township assistance applicant may be given admission to the county home, where the township assistance applicant shall be compelled to work.
Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(a) part.
As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L. 51-1996, SEC.39; P.L. 73-2005, SEC.51.