Section 27-6-15 - Utility assistance supplement program established; distribution to eligible recipients

A. The authority is authorized to establish a utility assistance supplement program for purposes of the Low Income Utility Assistance Act.B. Beginning on July 1, 1980 and each year thereafter, the authority shall pay utility assistance supplement payments, subject to the availability of funds from the low income utility assistance fund created under the provisions of Section 27-6-16 NMSA 1978.History: Laws 1979, ch. 290, § 5; 1980, ch. 118, § 4; 2024, ch. 39, § 104. ANNOTATIONSThe 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, replaced the human services department with the health care authority as the provider of utility assistance supplement payments; and substituted each occurrence of 'department' with 'authority'.