| 1 | 1 | | 88R2490 SCP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1099 |
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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 annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of |
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| 8 | 8 | | a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the |
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| 9 | 9 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, |
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| 12 | 12 | | is amended by adding Section 33.0215 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 33.0215. ANNUAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE |
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| 14 | 14 | | VALUE EXCLUDED IN DETERMINING SNAP ELIGIBILITY. (a) The executive |
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| 15 | 15 | | commissioner by rule shall adjust for inflation in the manner |
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| 16 | 16 | | specified by Subsection (b) the maximum amount of the fair market |
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| 17 | 17 | | value of a motor vehicle that may be excluded from the resources of |
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| 18 | 18 | | an applicant's household for purposes of determining the |
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| 19 | 19 | | applicant's eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance |
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| 20 | 20 | | program benefits, including eligibility determined in accordance |
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| 21 | 21 | | with 7 C.F.R. Section 273.2(j). |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Not later than October 1 of each year, the maximum |
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| 23 | 23 | | amount of the fair market value of a motor vehicle described by |
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| 24 | 24 | | Subsection (a) that may be excluded from an applicant's resources |
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| 25 | 25 | | must be increased or decreased to reflect the percentage difference |
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| 26 | 26 | | between: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) the average index level set by the Bureau of Labor |
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| 28 | 28 | | Statistics; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) the new vehicles index of the Consumer Price Index |
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| 30 | 30 | | for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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| 31 | 31 | | or its successor index during the most recent 12-month period |
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| 32 | 32 | | ending in June. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) In calculating the maximum amount of the fair market |
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| 34 | 34 | | value of a motor vehicle described by Subsection (a) that may be |
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| 35 | 35 | | excluded and notwithstanding Subsection (b), the commission shall |
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| 36 | 36 | | ensure that the maximum excluded amounts of the first household |
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| 37 | 37 | | vehicle and each additional household vehicle remain proportionate |
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| 38 | 38 | | to each other in the same proportion as the excluded amounts for |
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| 39 | 39 | | those vehicles in effect on August 31, 2021. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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| 41 | 41 | | initial determination or recertification of eligibility of a person |
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| 42 | 42 | | for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, |
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| 43 | 43 | | Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of |
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| 44 | 44 | | this Act. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 46 | 46 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 47 | 47 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 48 | 48 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 49 | 49 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 50 | 50 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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