Bill Text: TX HB1533 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the exclusion of certain resources in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1533 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1533-Comm_Sub.html

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85R23590 LED-F
By: Farrar, Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 1533
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1533:
By: Minjarez C.S.H.B. No. 1533

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exclusion of certain resources in determining
eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 33.021 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.021. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RESOURCES IN DETERMINING
SNAP ELIGIBILITY. In determining the eligibility of an applicant
for or recertifying the eligibility of a recipient of supplemental
nutrition assistance benefits, the commission may not consider as
resources the value of a motor vehicle in which the applicant or
recipient or a member of the applicant's or recipient's household
has an ownership interest up to:
(1) $25,000 for the first motor vehicle; and
(2) $25,000 for one additional vehicle.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
initial determination or recertification of eligibility of a person
for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33,
Human Resources Code, that is made on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.