<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. <b>LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>(a) $20,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>commissioner of commerce for the purpose of providing additional heating assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>through the low-income home energy assistance program under United States Code, title <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>42, sections 8621 to 8630, and Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.02, subdivision 1. No <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>more than five percent of this appropriation may be used for expenses to administer the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>program. Any unspent balance available on June 30, 2014, cancels to the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(b) The funding provided in this section shall supplement, and not replace, any <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>federal or other funding existing or otherwise available for heating assistance in Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(c) The commissioner shall disburse the funds provided in this section in a manner <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>consistent with the requirements of the federal low-income home energy assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>program under United States Code, title 42, sections 8621 to 8630.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>