§ 12-20-16-7 — Eligible markets; continuing eligibility; purchase order itemization

Indiana § 12-20-16-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 20: TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE
• Ch. 16: Provision of Various Forms of Township Assistance

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(a) A combined grocery (marketing fresh
vegetables, fresh eggs, and dairy products) and meat market (marketing
fresh meat) in a township having a population of more than ten
thousand (10,000) is eligible to accept food purchase orders from the
township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, in the
township in which the market is located if the owner of the market has
applied to the township trustee using a form prescribed by the state
board of accounts.
(b) A market described in subsection (a) remains eligible to accept
township food purchase orders unless any of the following conditions
exist:
(1) The owner notifies the township trustee, as administrator of
township assistance, to remove the owner's market from the
eligible list.
(2) An appropriate health or other governmental agency closes the
market.
(3) The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance,
removes the market from the eligible list for a period not to
exceed six (6) months because the management of the market, in
filling a township food or household supply order:
(A) includes in the order tobacco products, alcoholic beverages,
or other nonqualifying items; or
(B) fails to routinely request identification from an individual
who redeems a township purchase order.
(4) A person who owns or is employed by the market has been
convicted of township assistance fraud under IC 12-20-1-4(c).
(c) A combined grocery and meat market shall, in filling a township
purchase order for food and household supplies, attach to the purchase
order form either a cash register tape or a written or typed itemization
of the cost of the food and household supplies purchased. Household
supplies, including first aid and medical supplies, are not considered
food.
(d) The cash register tape or itemization required by subsection (c)
is the full and complete record of purchase for all purposes. More
complete records or itemization may not be required by any individual,
government official, or entity.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(e).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.58; P.L.73-2005, SEC.74.