Michigan Compiled Laws Act 34 Of 1984 Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance And Shut-off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)

• Section 400.1201 Short Title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Michigan low income heating assistance and shut-off protection act”. History: 1984, Act 34,...
• Section 400.1202 Meanings Of Words And Phrases.
  For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 6 have the meanings ascribed to them in those...
• Section 400.1203 Definitions; A To C.
  (1) “AFDC” means aid to families with dependent children administered under the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939,...
• Section 400.1204 Definitions; D To P.
  (1) “Department” means the department of social services. (2) “GA” means general assistance administered under the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the...
• Section 400.1205 Definitions; P To S.
  (1) “Program”, except when used in the phrase “weatherization program”, means the low income heating assistance and shut-off protection program created in section 7....
• Section 400.1206 Definitions; S To W.
  (1) “Supplemental payment” means a payment made by the department to a GA or AFDC recipient, or to a provider utility on the recipient's...
• Section 400.1207 Low Income Heating Assistance And Shut-off Protection Program; Creation; Administration; Purpose; Duties Of Department.
  (1) There is created a low income heating assistance and shut-off protection program. The program shall be administered by the department to prevent utility...
• Section 400.1207a Low Income Customer Energy Bills Subject To Shutoff; Direct Payment By Department To Energy Provider; Agreement; Eligibility.
  Not later than April 1, 2010 or at a time considered possible by the department, the department shall operate an electronic payment process with...
• Section 400.1208 Annual Consumption Cap; Establishment; Conditions Requiring Payments In Excess Of Limits; Lowering Or Raising Consumption Caps.
  (1) An annual consumption cap is established for all assisted households. The department shall be responsible for payment of heating bills of assisted households...
• Section 400.1209 Enrollment In Program; Conditions; Automatic Reenrollment.
  (1) An assisted household may enroll in the program by meeting all of the following conditions: (a) Agreeing to participate in the weatherization program...
• Section 400.1210 Shut-off Protection; Application Of Payments In Excess Of Actual Billings; Duration Of Protection; Effect Of Vacating Dwelling; Treatment Of Emergency Needs Recipient; Relocation Of Assisted Household.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of this act, an assisted household which is enrolled under section 9 shall receive shut-off protection as applicable under...
• Section 400.1211 Excess Energy Consumption; Review And Investigation; Noncompliance With Suggested Corrections; Reduction Of Excess Consumption.
  (1) The department shall review and investigate the case of any assisted household whose dwelling has been weatherized but which exceeds the calculated consumption...
• Section 400.1212 Preenrollment Arrearage; Determination; Payment.
  The preenrollment arrearage for an assisted household shall be determined before the household is enrolled in the program. The assisted household shall agree to...
• Section 400.1213 Quarterly Projections Or Compilation Of Actual Billings By Provider Utility; Billing Department; Deduction Of Payments From Total Department Obligation; Sample Of Account Status; Monthly Cost Settlements.
  (1) During the first 2 program years, a provider utility shall provide quarterly projections or compile actual billings of the total amount which is...
• Section 400.1214 Annual Reconciliation; Payment To Provider Utility; Section Inapplicable To Certain Assisted Households.
  At the end of each program year, the provider utility shall perform a reconciliation to match billings for actual natural gas consumption by assisted...
• Section 400.1215 Energy Refunds Or Credits; Application.
  Any pipeline or purchase gas adjustments or other energy refunds or credits to assisted households enrolled in the program shall be applied by the...
• Section 400.1216 Assistance Programs For Temporarily And Long-term Unemployed Workers; Development; Scope; Implementation And Duration Of Programs.
  (1) The Michigan public service commission shall develop assistance programs for temporarily and long-term unemployed workers in this state. The programs shall include all...
• Section 400.1217 Conditional Effective Date.
  This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 82nd Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No....

Last modified: October 10, 2016