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  "title_number": "46",
  "section_number": "192",
  "citation": "R.S. 46:192",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "As used in this Subpart, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein ascribed to each, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n\n(1) \"Residential consumer\" means an individual or family eligible for utility relief under the provisions of Title III of P.L. 96-223, the \"Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980.\" 1\n\n(2) \"Utility\" means any publicly owned, investor-owned, cooperative or municipally controlled company, corporation, partnership, business, system, or person which supplies gas or electricity or both to residential consumers in Louisiana.",
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      "number": "46",
      "name": "PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE"
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "3",
      "name": "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"
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      "number": "I",
      "name": "ADULT SERVICES"
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      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "C",
      "name": "UTILITY RELIEF FOR NEEDY"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1980, No. 712, §1. 1 42 U.S.C.A. §8601 et seq.",
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