§ 12-20-15-4 — Review of documents and standards for hearings on appeal; remanding cases to trustees

(a) In hearing an appeal, the board of
commissioners and a hearing officer shall:
(1) review and consider any report or investigative documents the
trustee prepared before making the appealed decision; and
(2) be governed by the township's township assistance standards
for determining eligibility to the extent that the standards comply
with existing law for the granting of township assistance. If no
legally sufficient standards have been established, the board of
commissioners and the hearing officer shall be guided by the
circumstances in each case.
(b) The board of commissioners shall remand a case to a trustee for
further proceedings if:
(1) new evidence was presented by the applicant to the board of
commissioners; and
(2) the board of commissioners determines that the new evidence
presented would have made the individual eligible for assistance.
(c) If a case is remanded to a trustee, the trustee shall issue a new
determination of eligibility not later than seventy-two (72) hours after
receiving the written decision remanding the case, excluding weekends
and legal holidays listed in IC 1-1-9.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-18(c) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.48; P.L.262-2003, SEC.3; P.L.73-2005, SEC.65.