If an individual or a member of an individual's household who is determined to be eligible for township assistance and entitled to temporary relief is in a township in which the individual or household member does not have legal residence, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may, if the trustee considers advisable, place the individual or household member temporarily in a county home as provided in IC 12-20-17-4.
IC 12-20-9-5
Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-21.