Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-465

ECO 465

Fuel Assistance Program

Messrs. Eldridge, Lewis, McGee, Rodrigues and Downing, Ms. O'Connor Ives and Mr. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after 7004-0114 the following item:-

“7004-1000 For the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 42 U.S.C. section 8621 et seq., to assist low-income elders, working families and other households with the purchase of heating oil, propane, natural gas, electricity and other primary or secondary heating sources; provided, further, that the department shall allocate a reasonable portion of said funds for administrative costs, as consistent with said state plan; provided, that expenditure of these funds shall be made in accordance with the state plan submitted by the department of housing and community development for operation of the fiscal year 2016 program, in accordance with federal law… ………………………………………………………………………….$5,000,000”