By Naishtat, Chavez, Noriega H.B. No. 1959 77R4999 KLA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to eligibility for and allotment under the food stamp 1-3 program for certain persons. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 33.0126 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 33.0126. EXCLUSION OF PORTION OF INCOME OF CERTAIN 1-8 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. The department shall, to the maximum extent 1-9 allowed by federal law under 7 C.F.R. Section 273.11, as amended, 1-10 exclude the income of a person who is ineligible under 7 U.S.C. 1-11 Section 2015(f), as amended, to participate in the food stamp 1-12 program in determining: 1-13 (1) the eligibility for food stamps of another person 1-14 who is a member of the household in which the ineligible person is 1-15 a member; and 1-16 (2) the food stamp allotment for the eligible person. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-18 applies to a person receiving food stamps on or after that date, 1-19 regardless of the date on which eligibility for food stamps was 1-20 determined.