Bill Text: TX SB273 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Co-author authorized [SB273 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB273-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | S.B. No. 273 | |
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| relating to annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of | ||
| a motor vehicle excluded 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 33.0215 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.0215. ANNUAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE | ||
| VALUE EXCLUDED IN DETERMINING SNAP ELIGIBILITY. (a) The executive | ||
| commissioner by rule shall adjust for inflation in the manner | ||
| specified by Subsection (b) the maximum amount of the fair market | ||
| value of a motor vehicle that may be excluded from the resources of | ||
| an applicant's household for purposes of determining the | ||
| applicant's eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance | ||
| program benefits, including eligibility determined in accordance | ||
| with 7 C.F.R. Section 273.2(j). | ||
| (b) Not later than October 1 of each year, the maximum | ||
| amount of the fair market value of a motor vehicle described by | ||
| Subsection (a) that may be excluded from an applicant's resources | ||
| must be increased or decreased to reflect the percentage difference | ||
| between: | ||
| (1) the average index level set by the Bureau of Labor | ||
| Statistics; and | ||
| (2) the new vehicles index of the Consumer Price Index | ||
| for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||
| or its successor index during the most recent 12-month period | ||
| ending in June. | ||
| (c) In calculating the maximum amount of the fair market | ||
| value of a motor vehicle described by Subsection (a) that may be | ||
| excluded and notwithstanding Subsection (b), the commission shall | ||
| ensure that the maximum excluded amounts of the first household | ||
| vehicle and each additional household vehicle remain proportionate | ||
| to each other in the same proportion as the excluded amounts for | ||
| those vehicles in effect on August 31, 2021. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
