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MI Comp L § 400.1162 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 35 of 1984 - Public Assistance Home Repair, Weatherization, and Shutoff Protection Act (400.1151 - 400.1165)|Section 400.1162 - Sale of Dwelling by Owner of Assisted Household; Payment to Department of Social Services.

400.1162 Sale of dwelling by owner of assisted household; payment to department of social services. Sec. 12.  If weatherization or home repairs are performed on a dwelling in which an assisted household resides and which is owned by the assisted household, a member of the assisted household, or a relative within the first degree of consanguinity of a member of the assisted household, and if, during a 3-year period beginning when the home repairs and weatherization measures are completed, the owner sells the dwelling, the owner shall immediately pay to the department of social services an amount equal to 1/36 of the total expenditures for weatherization measures and home repairs for the rental premises, multipled by the number of months left in the 3-year period. History: 1984, Act 35, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984 Compiler's Notes: In the last line of Sec. 12, the word “multipled” evidently should read “multiplied.”
MI Comp L § 400.1163 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 35 of 1984 - Public Assistance Home Repair, Weatherization, and Shutoff Protection Act (400.1151 - 400.1165)|Section 400.1163 - Legislative Oversight Committee; Creation; Composition; Report.

400.1163 Legislative oversight committee; creation; composition; report. Sec. 13.  A legislative oversight committee is created. The committee shall consist of 3 members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and 3 members of the senate appointed by the majority leader of the senate. The committee shall report to the legislature at intervals of 2 years each on the costs and benefits of the Michigan residential conservation services program, residential conservation programs provided for in section 6c of Act No. 3 of the Public Acts of 1939, the weatherization analysis provided for in this act, and residential conservation programs authorized by order of the Michigan public service commission and existing on the effective date of this act, which are funded by utility surcharges. The report shall make recommendations to the legislature as to whether the costs and benefits of programs warrant continuation or modification. History: 1984, Act 35, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1164 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 35 of 1984 - Public Assistance Home Repair, Weatherization, and Shutoff Protection Act (400.1151 - 400.1165)|Section 400.1164 - Rules.

400.1164 Rules. Sec. 14.  The department shall promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: 1984, Act 35, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1165 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 35 of 1984 - Public Assistance Home Repair, Weatherization, and Shutoff Protection Act (400.1151 - 400.1165)|Section 400.1165 - Conditional Effective Date.

400.1165 Conditional effective date. Sec. 15.  This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 82nd Legislature are enacted into law:  (a) House Bill No. 4970.  (b) House Bill No. 4971.  (c) House Bill No. 4974.  (d) House Bill No. 4975.  (e) House Bill No. 4976. History: 1984, Act 35, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984 Compiler's Notes: The following House Bills, referred to in Sec. 15, were enacted into law as follows:House Bill No. 4970 was approved by the Governor on March 22, 1984, and became P.A. 1984, No. 34.House Bill No. 4971 was approved by the Governor on March 22, 1984, and became P.A. 1984, No. 36.House Bill No. 4974 was approved by the Governor on March 22, 1984, and became P.A. 1984, No. 37.House Bill No. 4975 was approved by the Governor on April 12, 1984, and became P.A. 1984, No. 49.House Bill No. 4976 was approved by the Governor on March 12, 1984, and became P.A. 1984, No. 26.
MI Comp L § 400.1201 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1201 - Short Title.

400.1201 Short title. Sec. 1.  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, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1202 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1202 - Meanings of Words and Phrases.

400.1202 Meanings of words and phrases. Sec. 2.  For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 6 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1203 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1203 - Definitions; a to C.

400.1203 Definitions; A to C. Sec. 3.  (1) "AFDC" means aid to families with dependent children administered under the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 400.1 to 400.121 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (2) "Annual consumption cap" means the maximum level of natural gas use by an assisted household for which the department is responsible for payment.  (3) "Assisted household" means a person who receives a heating allowance.  (4) "Calculated consumption level" means the calculated level of energy consumption established for a dwelling by the provider utility and authorized by the department.  (5) "Cost settlement" means the reconciliation process undertaken pursuant to sections 12 and 13. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1204 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1204 - Definitions; D to P.

400.1204 Definitions; D to P. Sec. 4.  (1) "Department" means the department of social services.  (2) "GA" means general assistance administered under the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 400.1 to 400.121 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (3) "Heating allowance" means the amount included in an assisted household's AFDC or GA grant which is intended for the payment of heating bills.  (4) "Preenrollment arrearage" means the amounts owed by an assisted household to a provider utility for billings incurred before the household enrolled in the program. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1205 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1205 - Definitions; P to S.

400.1205 Definitions; P to S. Sec. 5.  (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.  (2) "Program year" means a state fiscal year which ends before October 1, 1988. The portion of the state fiscal year ending on September 30, 1984, shall be considered the first program year.  (3) "Provider utility" means an investor-owned natural gas or electric utility company which provides residential heating utility service to an assisted household. During the first and second program years only, provider utilities shall include only consumers power company, the Detroit edison company, and Michigan consolidated gas company. For other energy providers, the maximum level of benefit provided to their customers will be the same regardless of the type of fuel used by the program participant.  (4) "Shut-off protection" means the right accorded to an assisted household whereby the household is protected against termination of heating utility service for nonpayment of bills. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1206 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1206 - Definitions; S to W.

400.1206 Definitions; S to W. Sec. 6.  (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 behalf, whether designated as supplemental payment, special heating allowance, or otherwise, which is intended for the payment of heating energy or electrical bills, and which is made in addition to the recipient's regular heating allowance.  (2) "Weatherization" means the conservation repairs which the department designates be performed, and the conservation measures assigned by the department for installation in the dwelling of an assisted household pursuant to the weatherization program.  (3) "Weatherization program" means the program created by the public assistance home repair, weatherization, and shut-off protection act. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1207 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1207 - Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Program; Creation; Administration; Purpose; Duties of Department.

400.1207 Low income heating assistance and shut-off protection program; creation; administration; purpose; duties of department.Sec. 7.  (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 service shut-offs, promote awareness of and changes in energy use habits, promote conservation techniques, provide incentives for energy conservation, help reduce energy use by improving the housing stock, and provide relocation assistance.  (2) The department shall do all of the following:  (a) Coordinate weatherization efforts for assisted households.  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, and subject to restrictions prescribed by federal regulations governing temporary assistance to needy families or other federal programs, rules of the department, or otherwise, for preventing the disclosure of confidential information to any person not authorized by law to receive the confidential information, on an annual basis, the department shall make available to an energy provider information concerning applicants for, and recipients of, public assistance, the disclosure of which is necessary and the use of which is strictly limited to the purpose of an energy provider administering a program created by statute or by order of the Michigan public service commission and intended to assist applicants for, or recipients of, public assistance in defraying their energy costs or preventing or delaying utility disconnection.  (c) Expand the department's energy crisis intervention services within available resources. The department shall review and make recommendations concerning cases of assisted households having natural gas use or electrical consumption that exceeds the annual consumption cap, and shall expand its effort to identify dwellings that cannot be made energy-efficient and help relocate those assisted households to more energy efficient dwellings if reasonable alternative housing is available. The department shall determine whether a dwelling cannot be made energy efficient.  (d) Develop and implement a uniform record keeping and reporting system for the program.  (e) Establish monitoring criteria for program evaluation that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:  (i) The number of assisted households that exceed the annual consumption cap.  (ii) The average consumption both before and after weatherization for each assisted household.  (iii) The number of shut-offs of heating service to assisted households.  (iv) The number of dwellings of assisted households weatherized. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 170, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2009
MI Comp L § 400.1207a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1207a - Low Income Customer Energy Bills Subject to Shutoff; Direct Payment by Department to Energy Provider; Agreement; Eligibility.

400.1207a Low income customer energy bills subject to shutoff; direct payment by department to energy provider; agreement; eligibility.Sec. 7a.  Not later than April 1, 2010 or at a time considered possible by the department, the department shall operate an electronic payment process with participating energy providers to provide for the payment of low income customer energy bills that are subject to shutoff. The department, as it considers appropriate, shall enter into agreements with energy providers in which the energy provider agrees to permit the department to make direct payments to the energy provider on behalf of an eligible recipient. The agreement shall authorize the energy provider to provide customer information to the department. The department shall determine the eligible recipients, program requirements, benefit levels, and funding levels. History: Add. 2009, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Nov. 23, 2009
MI Comp L § 400.1208 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1208 - Annual Consumption Cap; Establishment; Conditions Requiring Payments in Excess of Limits; Lowering or Raising Consumption Caps.

400.1208 Annual consumption cap; establishment; conditions requiring payments in excess of limits; lowering or raising consumption caps.Sec. 8.  (1) An annual consumption cap is established for all assisted households. The department shall be responsible for payment of heating bills of assisted households up to the annual consumption cap. Subject to subsections (2), (3), and (4) and the available appropriation for each fiscal year, the annual assistance cap for full program years is as follows:   1984-1985 300,000 cubic feet   1985-1986 300,000 cubic feet   1986-1987 250,000 cubic feet   1987-1988 200,000 cubic feet  (2) As part of the energy program created by this act, the department, subject to available funding, shall make payments in excess of the limits established in section 10 or 53 of Act No. 171 of the Public Acts of 1983, as appropriate to recipients of public assistance, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:  (a) The recipient to which the payment is to be made is, at the time of requesting the additional payment, paying to a heating fuel provider, or permitting the department to directly pay to a heating fuel provider, or has agreed to permit the department to directly pay to a heating fuel provider, the monthly basic heating allowance included in the recipient's grant and appropriate special needs allowances.  (b) The recipient has agreed to participate in the weatherization-related service offered by the state and to accept weatherization when designated by the department to receive that service.  (c) If weatherization has been determined to be inappropriate for the residence of the recipient, the recipient has agreed to relocate to reasonable alternative housing, when the housing is available.  (3) If the department determines that the consumption caps in subsection (1) can be lowered while still meeting payment obligations and providing shut-off protection, the department may lower the caps.  (4) If the average winter temperature in a program year is colder than normal by 5% or more, the department shall seek legislative approval to raise the annual assistance cap as the department considers necessary. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1209 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1209 - Enrollment in Program; Conditions; Automatic Reenrollment.

400.1209 Enrollment in program; conditions; automatic reenrollment. Sec. 9.  (1) An assisted household may enroll in the program by meeting all of the following conditions:  (a) Agreeing to participate in the weatherization program and accept weatherization measures designated by the department.  (b) Paying to heating fuel providers, or agreeing to permit the department to pay directly to heating fuel providers on behalf of the household, the household's monthly heating allowance and supplemental payments, if any. As used in this subdivision, "heating fuel provider" means any individual or entity which provides an assisted household with energy primarily for heating purposes.  (c) Establishing terms and maintaining payments with the provider for preenrollment arrearage, if any, pursuant to section 12.  (2) An assisted household which is enrolled under subsection (1), which is eligible for shut-off protection, and which elects under subsection (1)(b) to have its monthly heating bills paid directly to a provider utility on its behalf shall be automatically reenrolled in each subsequent program year unless the household discontinues its participation in the program. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1211 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1211 - Excess Energy Consumption; Review and Investigation; Noncompliance With Suggested Corrections; Reduction of Excess Consumption.

400.1211 Excess energy consumption; review and investigation; noncompliance with suggested corrections; reduction of excess consumption. Sec. 11.  (1) The department shall review and investigate the case of any assisted household whose dwelling has been weatherized but which exceeds the calculated consumption level. The department shall determine the cause of the excess energy consumption.  (2) If, after review and investigation conducted pursuant to subsection (1), the department concludes that reasonable and prudent action by the assisted household will eliminate the excess consumption, the department shall advise the assisted household of measures to be taken to reduce excess energy consumption. If the assisted household does not comply with the department's suggested corrections, the household shall not be entitled to shut-off protection for the subsequent program year, as long as the household remains in the same dwelling unit.  (3) If, after a review and investigation conducted pursuant to subsection (1), the department concludes that the excess consumption cannot be remedied by the assisted household, the department shall use available resources and means to reduce the excess consumption. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1212 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1212 - Preenrollment Arrearage; Determination; Payment.

400.1212 Preenrollment arrearage; determination; payment. Sec. 12.  The preenrollment arrearage for an assisted household shall be determined before the household is enrolled in the program. The assisted household shall agree to pay, or to have paid by the department to the provider utility on the household's behalf, 5% of the household's monthly AFDC or GA grant, to be applied to the preenrollment arrearage. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1213 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|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.

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. Sec. 13.  (1) During the first 2 program years, a provider utility shall provide quarterly projections or compile actual billings of the total amount which is owed or will be owed for a calendar quarter by assisted households receiving shut-off protection. The provider utility shall bill the department for not less than 85% of the projected or actual amount, payable during the first month following the end of the calendar quarter. The amounts paid by the department shall not be applied to individual assisted household accounts but shall be deducted by the provider utility from the total department obligation. If a projected amount is used, the provider utility shall also include with the projection a statistically valid sample of the account status for all assisted households.  (2) Individual monthly cost settlements between the provider utility and the department shall be performed for assisted households who terminate participation in the program. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1214 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1214 - Annual Reconciliation; Payment to Provider Utility; Section Inapplicable to Certain Assisted Households.

400.1214 Annual reconciliation; payment to provider utility; section inapplicable to certain assisted households. Sec. 14.  At the end of each program year, the provider utility shall perform a reconciliation to match billings for actual natural gas consumption by assisted households with payments from assisted households and the department. An amount equal to any underpayment shall be paid to the provider utility up to the annual consumption cap within 60 days of receipt of an annual reconciliation computer tape. This section shall not apply to assisted households for which cost settlements have been individually made. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
MI Comp L § 400.1215 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 400 - Social Services|Act 34 of 1984 - Michigan Low Income Heating Assistance and Shut-Off Protection Act (400.1201 - 400.1217)|Section 400.1215 - Energy Refunds or Credits; Application.

400.1215 Energy refunds or credits; application. Sec. 15.  Any pipeline or purchase gas adjustments or other energy refunds or credits to assisted households enrolled in the program shall be applied by the provider utility to the assisted household's preenrollment arrearage. Refunds or credits in excess of preenrollment arrearages shall be refunded by the provider utility to the state general fund. History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984