Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/924

 95 STAT. 898

Audit.

Public inspection.

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

(7) if the State chooses to pay home energy suppliers directly, establish procedures to— (A) notify each participating household of the amount of assistance paid on its behalf; (B) assure that the home energy supplier will charge the eligible household, in the normal billing process, the difference between the actual cost of the home energy and the amount of the payment made by the State under this title; (C) assure that the home energy supplier will provide assurances that any agreement entered into with a home energy supplier under this paragraph will contain provisions to assure that no household receiving assistance under this title will be treated any differently because of such assistance under applicable provisions of State law or public regulatory requirements; and (D) assure that any home energy supplier receiving direct payments agrees not to discriminate, either in the cost of the goods supplied or the services provided, against the eligible household on whose behalf payments are made; (8) provide assurances that the State will treat owners and renters equitably under the program assisted under this title; (9) provide that— (A) in each fiscal year, the State may use for planning and administering the use of funds available under this title an amount not to exceed 10 percent of its allotment under this title for such fiscal year; and (B) the State will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of planning and administering the program assisted under this title and will not use Federal funds for such remaining costs; (10) provide that such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be established as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursal of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State under this title, including procedures for monitoring the assistance provided under this title, and provide that at least every year the State shall prepare an audit of its expenditures of amounts received under this title and amounts transferred to carry out the purposes of this title; (11) permit and cooperate with Federal investigations undertaken in accordance with section 2608; (12) provide for public participation in the development of the plan described in subsection (c); and (13) provide an opportunity for a fair administrative hearing to individuals whose claims for assistance under the plan described in subsection (c) are denied or are not acted upon with reeisonable promptness. The Secretary may not prescribe the manner in which the States will comply with the provisions of this subsection. (c)(1) As part of the annual application required in subsection (a), the chief executive officer of each State shall prepare and furnish to the Secretary a plan which contains provisions describing how the State will carry out the assurances contained in subsection (b). The chief executive officer may revise any plan prepared under this paragraph and shall furnish the revised plan to the Secretary. (2) Each plan prepared under paragraph (1) shall be made available for public inspection within the State involved in such a manner as will facilitate review of, and comment upon, such plan.

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