Section 41-23-101 Eligible Recipients; Assistance Funds Provided by Director of Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Administrative Costs; Reports.

(a) Eligible recipients of assistance are individuals who have a household income at or below 200 percent of the poverty level or individuals who are 60 years of age or older or handicapped and families with children under 18 years of age as determined by the United States Office of Management and Budget and reported in the federal register. (b) The Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs may contract with statewide resiliency organizations to provide energy assistance to individuals who are eligible to receive assistance under this article. (c) An amount of not more than 10 percent of the fund monies may be used for administrative costs in providing services specified under this article. (d) On or before October 15 of each year, the director shall submit a report to the appropriate legislative committees. The report shall include a summary of the total monies collected and distributed under this article and other information as the legislative committees may request. (e) For purposes of this section, “statewide resiliency organization” means an Alabama nonprofit corporation in the state which: (1) Is exempt from federal income tax under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3); (2) Is charged with improving the resiliency, energy efficiency, and safety of the state’s residential housing stock for low and moderate income communities. (3) Has adopted a conflict of interest policy consistent with the sample policy provided by the Internal Revenue Service and requires its directors to serve without compensation; (4) Participates in large-scale residential energy efficiency programs within the state; and (5) Possesses the capacity to leverage private, federal, and state funds to maximize the impact of the assistance provided under this section.