St. Louis City Ordinance 65144

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FLOOR SUBSTITUTE
BOARD BILL NO. 291 [00]

An ordinance designating the Department of Human Services as the authority to request proposals for the funding of programs, subject to the supervision or administration of the City, to assist residents of the City of St. Louis whose gross annual income is not more than one hundred seventy-five percent of the federal poverty level established by the Department of Health and Human Services, or its successor agency, in the payment for their gas and home heating oil heating service and to assist programs providing temporary or permanent shelter to homeless persons in the City of St. Louis in the payment for the gas and home heating oil heating service for such shelters and authorizing the Department of Human Services to fund such programs from the Equitable Relief From Utility Tax Fund, and containing an emergency clause.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION ONE. The Department of Human Services is hereby designated as the authority to request proposals for the funding of programs, subject to the supervision or administration of the City, to assist residents of the City of St. Louis whose gross annual income is not more than one hundred seventy-five percent of the federal poverty level established by the Department of Health and Human Services, or its successor agency, in the payment for their gas and home heating oil heating service and for proposals to assist programs providing temporary or permanent shelter to homeless persons in the City of St. Louis in the payment for the gas and home heating oil heating service for such shelters. The Department of Human Services is hereby designated as the appropriate authority to administer the allocation and distribution of the funds from the Equitable Relief From Utility Tax Fund to such programs. All such proposals shall be submitted in accordance with state law and city ordinances.

SECTION TWO. Emergency Clause. This being an Ordinance for the immediate preservation of public peace, health and safety, it is hereby declared to be an immediate measure within the meaning of Sections 19 and 20 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of St. Louis and therefore this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.

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