§ 2609 -   Crisis reserves

§ 2609. Crisis reserves

Annually, the secretary shall determine by rule an appropriate amount of funds in the home heating fuel assistance fund to be set aside for expenditure for the crisis reserve component of the home heating fuel program. The secretary shall also adopt rules to define crisis situations for the expenditure of the home heating fuel crisis reserve, and to establish the income and asset eligibility requirements of households for receipt of crisis reserve home heating fuel assistance, provided that no household shall be eligible whose household income is greater than 150 percent of the federal poverty level based on the income of all persons residing in the household. (Added 1995, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 10, 1996; amended 2009, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § E.324.5.)