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Indiana Code › Title 12 › Article 20 › Chapter 16 › Section 12-20-16-1

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Sec. 1. A township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may provide and shall extend township assistance only when the personal effort of the township assistance applicant fails to provide one (1) or more basic necessities.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(b).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.53; P.L.73-2005, SEC.69.

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