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(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) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.622 AS 47.25.623 7 AAC 44.290. Subsidized rental housing utility deposit. (a) The department will award heating assistance for the minimum amount needed to establish natural gas and electric utility service required to participate in subsidized rental housing if

(1) the housing program fully covers the household’s annual home heating costs;

(2) the applicant has requested a subsidized rental housing utility deposit;

(3) the household has not received a payment under this chapter within 180 days of the request for a subsidized rental housing utility deposit;

(4) the department has verified the application as required by 7 AAC 44.240; and

(5) the amount of the heating assistance, up to a maximum of $500, is sufficient to establish utility service. (b) The department will not award heating assistance under this section more than once to a household in a 24-month period. (Eff. 8/12/2008, Register 187; am 11/22/2008, Register 188; am 10/1/2010, Register 195; am 12/27/2017, Register 224) Statutory Authority: