| 1 | 1 | | 84R7155 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Garcia S.B. No. 606 |
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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 eligibility of certain persons for the supplemental |
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| 8 | 8 | | nutrition 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 33.018 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 33.018. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAW IN |
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| 13 | 13 | | DETERMINING SNAP ELIGIBILITY. As authorized by 21 U.S.C. Section |
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| 14 | 14 | | 862a(d)(1)(B), 21 U.S.C. Section 862a(a)(2) applies in determining |
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| 15 | 15 | | the eligibility of a person for the supplemental nutrition |
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| 16 | 16 | | assistance program only for a two-year period beginning on the date |
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| 17 | 17 | | the person is convicted of a felony offense that has as an element |
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| 18 | 18 | | the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance, as |
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| 19 | 19 | | defined in 21 U.S.C. Section 802. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 21 | 21 | | a determination of eligibility of a person for supplemental |
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| 22 | 22 | | nutrition assistance benefits made on or after the effective date |
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| 23 | 23 | | of this Act. A determination of eligibility made before the |
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| 24 | 24 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 25 | 25 | | date the determination was made, and the former law is continued in |
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| 26 | 26 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 28 | 28 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 29 | 29 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 30 | 30 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 31 | 31 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 32 | 32 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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