<html> <head> <title>Rule 67:10:07:04 Mismanagement for nonpayment of bills -- Extenuating circumstances.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 67:10:07:04"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 67:10:07:04 Mismanagement for nonpayment of bills -- Extenuating circumstances."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <title>CHAPTER 67:10:07</title> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>67:10:07:04.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mismanagement for nonpayment of bills -- Extenuating circumstances.</b> When making a determination of mismanagement because of the nonpayment of bills, the department considers the existence of extenuating circumstances, including the following:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Whether the assistance unit experienced some emergency or extraordinary event for which available funds were spent appropriately;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;Whether expenses for necessary bills of the assistance unit exceeded the assistance unit's grant and other income; and</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;Whether the caretaker relative withheld the payment as a legitimate exercise of consumer rights, for example, a dispute concerning the terms of an agreement.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 24 SDR 24, effective August 31, 1997.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-3">28-7A-3(7).</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-3">28-7A-3(7).</A></p> </div> </body> </html>