Illinois § 30

§ 30.

Distribution of moneys from Fund. Subject to appropriations made by the General Assembly, the Department may spend moneys from the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund for the purpose of providing assistance authorized under Section 25. The Department, with the advice and consent of the Low Income Energy Assistance Policy Advisory Council, shall establish priorities for the distribution of moneys from the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund to low-income consumers to enable them to pay gas or electric bill arrearages in order to have household gas or electric utility service connected. Low-income consumers who are unable to have their service connected even with a LIHEAP grant shall be given preference. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on October 1, 2025, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance from the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund into the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund is dissolved, any future deposits due to the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund pass to the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund pass to the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. (Source: P.A. 104-283, eff. 8-15-25.)