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002.03(A) MISREPRESENTING RESIDENCE. Any person convicted in federal or state court of having fraudulently misrepresented his or her residence in order to obtain home energy assistance in two or more states is ineligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for ten years from the date of conviction. 002.03(B) FLEEING FELON. A person is ineligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program during any period in which the person is: (i) Fleeing to avoid prosecution or custody or confinement after conviction for a crime or attempting to commit a crime that is a felony under the law of the place from which the person is fleeing; or

(ii) Violating a condition of federal or state probation or parole. 002.03(C) INTENTIONAL PROGRAM VIOLATIONS. A person who commits an intentional program violation is ineligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program as follows: (i) A person is ineligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program during the period the person is disqualified from receiving other economic assistance benefits due to an intentional program violation in another program. (ii) A person who commits a Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program intentional program violation is ineligible as follows: (1) For a first intentional program violation, the person becomes ineligible for any Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program benefits for the remainder of the program year and the next full program year. (2) For a second intentional program violation, the person becomes ineligible for any Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program benefits for the remainder of the program year and the next three full program years. (3) For a third (and any subsequent) intentional program violation, the person becomes permanently ineligible for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program benefits. 003. COOLING ASSISTANCE. To qualify for cooling assistance, a household must qualify for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and include a household member who: (A) Is a child under age 6 who receives Aid to Dependent Children; (B) Is age 70 or older;