1-1 By: Naishtat, Chavez, Noriega H.B. No. 1959 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001; 1-4 May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 1-5 and Human Services; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the 1-6 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 2; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to eligibility for and allotment under the food stamp 1-10 program for certain persons. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by 1-13 adding Section 33.0126 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 33.0126. EXCLUSION OF PORTION OF INCOME OF CERTAIN 1-15 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. The department shall, to the maximum extent 1-16 allowed by federal law under 7 C.F.R. Section 273.11, as amended, 1-17 exclude the income of a person who is ineligible because of 8 1-18 U.S.C. Section 1612, as amended, to participate in the food stamp 1-19 program in determining: 1-20 (1) the eligibility for food stamps of another person 1-21 who is a member of the household in which the ineligible person is 1-22 a member; and 1-23 (2) the food stamp allotment for the eligible person. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-25 applies to a person receiving food stamps on or after that date, 1-26 regardless of the date on which eligibility for food stamps was 1-27 determined. 1-28 * * * * *