By Shapleigh                                          S.B. No. 1448
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                                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.