If an individual who is determined to be eligible for township assistance and entitled to temporary relief is in a township in which the individual does not have legal residence and is homeless, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may, if the trustee considers advisable:

1. (1) place the individual temporarily in the county home, if any, where the individual, if capable, is to be employed; or

2. (2) provide temporary township assistance under this article.

   [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-21.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.66; P.L.73-2005, SEC.84; P.L.75-2021, SEC.2.