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than 60 days after tentative approval is issued, unless the department, for good cause shown, authorizes additional time. Failure to provide complete application information within 60 days, plus any extension that may be authorized, will result in denial of the final application, and will require repayment of any payment assistance received as a result of the tentative approval. (g) The department may issue temporary payment assistance to an applicant who meets the income requirements for payment assistance, but who has noncash resources in excess of those requirements, in order to allow time for the applicant to liquidate those noncash resources at fair market value. Temporary payment assistance under this subsection will not be made unless the applicant agrees in writing to

(1) submit documentation to the department at least once every six months showing active attempts to dispose of the resources; and

(2) repay the payment assistance in full upon the liquidation of the noncash resources. (h) Failure to submit the documentation required under the agreement described in (g) of this section will result, absent a showing of good cause, in cessation of the payment assistance, and will require repayment of any payment assistance already received. After the noncash resources are liquidated, the applicant’s application for payment assistance will be reevaluated, if the applicant reapplies for payment assistance. (Eff. 8/1/2004, Register 171; am 10/15/2004, Register 172; am 12/31/2005, Register 176; am 3/8/2012, Register 201; am 8/30/2019, Register 231; am 4/14/2021, Register 238; am 7/9/2023, Register 247) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.55.010 AS 47.55.020 AS 47.55.030 7 AAC 74.050. Personal needs allowance; priority of payments from income. (a) If the department determines that legislative appropriations are sufficient, the department will pay to a resident who does not receive income of at least $200 a month the amount necessary to bring the resident’s income up to $200 a month. The resident may accumulate this money in an account, but loses eligibility for the personal needs allowance if the resident accumulates $5,000 or more from any source. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law or by a court or administrative order, a resident who is receiving payment assistance and who receives a total of more than $300 in income in a month from all sources other than the department shall apply the excess income to payments for the