(a) A heating assistance payment may only be used for
- (1) the purchase of fuel oil, kerosene, propane, natural gas, electricity, wood, coal, or other petroleum products used for home heating, lighting, or cooking in the household's dwelling;
- (2) gasoline and two-cycle oil for a snowmachine or chain saw used to harvest and transport wood if the household cuts its own wood for home heating and self-harvested wood is the household's primary heating source; or
- (3) payment of incidental charges, including deposits, delivery charges, connection fees, and late-payment charges associated with purchase or delivery.
- (b) A heating assistance payment may not be used for any purpose not described in (a) of this section. A household or vendor may not sell or barter heating fuel purchased with a heating assistance payment under this section.
- (c) A household paying home heating costs indirectly through rent or lease payments shall apply the heating assistance payment toward those rent or lease payments.
(Eff. 8/12/2008, Register 187; am 11/5/2011, Register 200)
Authority: AS 47.05.010, AS 47.25.622, AS 47.25.623