Sec. 2. (a) Copies of all township budgets for current township assistance shall, as finally adopted and approved, be placed on file in the office of the county auditor. If an additional appropriation for current township assistance is made by a township:
(1) a certified copy of the action of the township board in making the additional appropriation; and
(2) a certified copy of the order of the department approving the additional appropriation;
shall be filed in the office of the county auditor.
(b) A township trustee may not pay any township assistance order or claim in excess of the amount appropriated for current township assistance purposes, except as otherwise provided by law.