CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING COUNTY HOMES
IC 12-30
ARTICLE 30. COUNTY HOMES AND OTHER
COUNTY FACILITIES
IC 12-30-1
Chapter 1. General Provisions Concerning County Homes
IC 12-30-1-1
County board of commissioners; powers and duties
Sec. 1. The board of commissioners of a county may do the
following:
(1) Purchase a tract of real property in the name of the county.
(2) Build, establish, and organize a county home for the
indigent on the tract of real property.
(3) Employ a humane and responsible individual who resides in
the county, upon the terms and under the restrictions the board
of commissioners considers most advantageous to the interests
of the county, to take charge of the county home as
superintendent.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.
IC 12-30-1-2
Name of home
Sec. 2. A county home shall be called the "________ County
Home". However, the board of commissioners may adopt another
name for the county home.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.
IC 12-30-1-3
Joint action of boards of commissioners; powers
Sec. 3. The boards of commissioners of at least two (2) counties
may, by joint action, do the following:
(1) Purchase a tract of real property.
(2) Erect, organize, and operate a county home for the indigent
of the counties on the real property.
(3) Continue the joint ownership and operation of the county
home as the boards of commissioners desire.
(4) Do other things proper and necessary for the relief and
comfort of the indigent within the counties forming the joint
ownership that an individual county may do under this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.
IC 12-30-1-4
Property tax; assessment; limitation
Sec. 4. To raise the amount necessary for the purchase of real
property and the erection and furnishing of the buildings for county
homes under this chapter, the board of commissioners of a county
may assess a tax on property liable to be assessed for raising a county
revenue. The assessment may not increase the rates at which the
property is assessed by the laws existing when the tax is assessed by
more than twenty-five percent (25%).
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.
IC 12-30-1-5
Removal to home of permanent charges to county; employment
and support; removal of permanent charges to townships
Sec. 5. (a) A board of commissioners that has established a county
home under this chapter:
(1) shall order that all indigent individuals who have become
permanent charges on the county be removed to the county
home; and
(2) may take the measures for the employment and support of
the indigent as the board of commissioners considers advisable.
(b) After a county home is established and an order is issued
under subsection (a), the township trustees as administrators of
township assistance shall, as indigent individuals become permanent
charges to their respective townships, have those individuals
removed to the county home.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.73-2005,
SEC.154.
IC 12-30-1-6
Discontinuance; sale or lease; contracts with other counties or
institutions to provide care to indigent individuals
Sec. 6. (a) A county home provided by a board of commissioners
for the indigent may be discontinued in whole or in part by the board
of commissioners, subject to the approval of the county fiscal body.
The real and personal property that relates to a discontinued county
home and that belongs to the county may be:
(1) sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part,
as real property of the county is sold; or
(2) applied in the manner that is best for the interest of the
county and approved by the county fiscal body.
(b) If the county home of a county is discontinued under this
section, the board of commissioners of the county may contract with
the board of commissioners of the nearest other county that has
available accommodations for the maintenance and care of the
indigent individuals of the county in the county home of the other
county.
(c) A board of commissioners that discontinues a county home
under this section may contract with:
(1) a person or corporation that maintains within the county an
institution for the care of indigent individuals; or
(2) another agency or private institution located in Indiana that
has appropriate facilities and is willing to accept and provide
care and maintenance for indigent individuals;
for the maintenance and care of the indigent of the county. The
contract may include reasonable terms and conditions that are agreed
upon by the board of commissioners and approved by the county
fiscal body.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.