If the township trustee determines that an applicant or a member of the applicant's household who is granted emergency township assistance under section 3(3) of this chapter may be eligible for public assistance other than township assistance, the applicant shall, not more than fifteen (15) working days after the date that emergency township assistance was granted, file an application for public assistance and comply with all the requirements necessary for completing the application process for public assistance administered by the division of family resources and county offices or another federal or state governmental entity. An applicant or a member of the applicant's household who fails to file an application for public assistance not more than fifteen (15) working days after the date that emergency township assistance was granted may not be granted township assistance for sixty (60) days following the grant of township assistance on an emergency basis.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-6.1(d) part.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.192; P.L.5-1993, SEC.205; P.L.51-1996, SEC.23; P.L.73-2005, SEC.31; P.L.145-2006, SEC.113.
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