| 1 | 1 | | 87R3752 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ortega H.B. No. 1230 |
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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 excluding the value of motor vehicles 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. EXCLUDING VALUE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN |
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| 13 | 13 | | DETERMINING SNAP ELIGIBILITY. In determining the eligibility of an |
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| 14 | 14 | | applicant for or recertifying the eligibility of a recipient of |
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| 15 | 15 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, the commission |
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| 16 | 16 | | may not consider as resources the value of a motor vehicle in which |
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| 17 | 17 | | the applicant or recipient or a member of the applicant's or |
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| 18 | 18 | | recipient's household has an ownership interest. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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| 20 | 20 | | initial determination or recertification of eligibility of a person |
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| 21 | 21 | | for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of |
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| 23 | 23 | | this Act. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 25 | 25 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 26 | 26 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 27 | 27 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 28 | 28 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 29 | 29 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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