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| 1 | 1 | 81R15452 ALB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Naishtat H.B. No. 886 | |
| 3 | 3 | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 886: | |
| 4 | 4 | By: Rose C.S.H.B. No. 886 | |
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| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to an exemption from the food stamp employment and | |
| 10 | 10 | training program requirement for certain persons. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Section 33.0126 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 33.0126. EXEMPTION FROM FOOD STAMP EMPLOYMENT AND | |
| 15 | 15 | TRAINING PROGRAM. A person is not required to participate in the | |
| 16 | 16 | food stamp employment and training program authorized under 7 | |
| 17 | 17 | U.S.C. Section 2015(d) if the person: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) works an average of at least 20 hours each week; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) receives earnings that are equal to at least the | |
| 20 | 20 | minimum wage established under Section 62.051, Labor Code, | |
| 21 | 21 | multiplied by 20. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 23 | 23 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 24 | 24 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 25 | 25 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 26 | 26 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 27 | 27 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |