Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 27 - Public Assistance. > Article 6A - Low Income Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Service Assistance, 27-6A-1 through 27-6A-5. > Section 27-6A-4 - Low income assistance rates.

Section 27-6A-4 - Low income assistance rates.

27-6A-4. Low income assistance rates.

A utility may provide assistance in the form of reduced or subsidized rates to or on behalf of those individuals who meet the eligibility criteria of one or more need-based assistance programs administered by the department and who are not living in nursing homes or intermediate care facilities or not living in circumstances that do not require them to pay, directly or indirectly, for water, sewer or solid waste service.