Sec. 14.2. Notwithstanding any other law, all oil overcharge funds received from the federal government are annually appropriated to the lieutenant governor for the lieutenant governor’s use in carrying out the home energy assistance program. The amount of this annual appropriation for a state fiscal year is equal to:

(1) the total amount necessary to carry out the program during that fiscal year; minus

Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-12-1-14.2

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) the amount of federal low income energy assistance funds available for the program during that state fiscal year.

As added by P.L.17-1990, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.30; P.L.145-2006, SEC.4; P.L.181-2006, SEC.15; P.L.1-2010, SEC.6.