| 1 | 1 | | 86R1877 LED-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Farrar H.B. No. 251 |
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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 exclusion of certain resources in determining |
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| 8 | 8 | | eligibility for the supplemental 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 33.021 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 33.021. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RESOURCES IN DETERMINING |
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| 13 | 13 | | SNAP ELIGIBILITY. In determining the eligibility of an applicant |
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| 14 | 14 | | for or recertifying the eligibility of a recipient of supplemental |
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| 15 | 15 | | nutrition assistance benefits, the commission may not consider as |
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| 16 | 16 | | resources: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) any liquid resources of the applicant or recipient |
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| 18 | 18 | | or a member of the applicant's or recipient's household, including |
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| 19 | 19 | | the total amount of assets held in a school-based account or bond |
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| 20 | 20 | | described by Section 28.0024(b)(2), Education Code, that are |
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| 21 | 21 | | considered liquid resources, notwithstanding Section 33.0291(b) of |
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| 22 | 22 | | this code; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) any motor vehicle in which the applicant or |
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| 24 | 24 | | recipient or a member of the applicant's or recipient's household |
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| 25 | 25 | | has an ownership interest. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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| 27 | 27 | | initial determination or recertification of eligibility of a person |
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| 28 | 28 | | for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, |
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| 29 | 29 | | Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of |
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| 30 | 30 | | this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 32 | 32 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 33 | 33 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 34 | 34 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 35 | 35 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 36 | 36 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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