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