A board of commissioners or a county council (for a loan approved by the board of commissioners or county council before July 1, 2006) or the department may not do any of the following:

1. (1) Approve a request to borrow money made under IC 12-2-4.5 (before its repeal) or this chapter unless the body determines that the township's township assistance account will be exhausted before the account can fund all township obligations incurred under this article.

2. (2) Recommend or approve a loan that will exceed the estimated amount of the deficit.

   [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-4.5-7.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.354; P.L.73-2005, SEC.112; P.L.169-2006, SEC.39.