Effective: April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation: House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly
(A)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county, in which a county or independent agricultural society is located that receives state or county aid, annually shall appropriate an amount determined by the board for the society's junior club. The board shall ensure that the amount appropriated is at least one hundred dollars. The board shall certify the amount appropriated to the county auditor.
(2) The county auditor shall request the county treasurer to pay the certified amount to the appropriate county or independent agricultural society. Upon receipt of the request, the county treasurer shall pay the requested amount to the society.
(B)(1) In any county in which there is no agricultural society that is then receiving state or county aid, the board of county commissioners of the county annually may appropriate to any society, either county or independent, located in an adjoining county, an amount of money for the purpose of encouraging junior club work in the county having no society. The board shall certify the amount appropriated to the county auditor.
(2) The county auditor shall request the county treasurer to pay the certified amount to the appropriate county or independent agricultural society. Upon receipt of the request, the county treasurer shall pay the requested amount to the society.