| 1 | 1 | | 84R7092 EES-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 1259 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the work requirements of the supplemental nutrition |
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| 8 | 8 | | assistance program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 33.016 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 33.016. EFFECT OF CERTAIN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH WORK |
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| 13 | 13 | | REQUIREMENTS ON SNAP ELIGIBILITY. As authorized by 7 U.S.C. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 2015(d)(1)(C)(iii)(IV), a person who becomes ineligible |
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| 15 | 15 | | for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits for the third time |
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| 16 | 16 | | for refusing or failing without good cause to comply with the |
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| 17 | 17 | | employment or employment and training program requirements of 7 |
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| 18 | 18 | | U.S.C. Section 2015(d)(1)(A) is permanently ineligible to receive |
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| 19 | 19 | | those benefits. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 33.016, Human Resources Code, as added |
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| 21 | 21 | | by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or |
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| 22 | 22 | | recertification of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition |
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| 23 | 23 | | assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is |
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| 24 | 24 | | made on or after the effective date of this Act. A determination or |
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| 25 | 25 | | recertification made before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 26 | 26 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the determination or |
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| 27 | 27 | | recertification was made, and the former law is continued in effect |
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| 28 | 28 | | for that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 30 | 30 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 31 | 31 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 32 | 32 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 33 | 33 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 34 | 34 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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