§ 12-20-5.5-4 — Scheduled hours of township trustee

Indiana § 12-20-5.5-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 20: TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE
• Ch. 5.5: Township Assistance Standards

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(a) This section does not apply to a township
trustee who has assisted less than fifty-one (51) households during each
of the two (2) years immediately preceding the date of the township
trustee's annual report under IC 12-20-28-3.
(b) To ensure minimum accessibility, a township trustee operating
a township assistance office in a township with a population of at least
ten thousand (10,000) shall provide scheduled office hours for
township assistance and staff each office with an individual qualified
to:
(1) determine eligibility; and
(2) issue relief sufficient to meet the township assistance needs of
the township.
(c) To meet the requirements of subsection (b), the township trustee
shall do the following:
(1) Provide township assistance office hours for at least fourteen
(14) hours per week.
(2) Provide that there is not more than one (1) weekday between
the days the township assistance office is open.
(3) Provide for after hours access to the township assistance office
by use of an answering machine or a service:
(A) capable of taking messages; and
(B) programmed to provide information about township
assistance office hours.
(4) Respond to a telephone inquiry for township assistance
services not more than twenty-four (24) hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receiving the
inquiry.
(5) Post township assistance office hours and telephone numbers
at the entrance to each township assistance office.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.51-1996, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.27.