Floor Packet Page No. 165                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     
	In Article II, Department of Health, add the appropriately 
numbered rider:   
	_____. Motor Vehicle Allowance for Certain Recipients of TANF 
and Food Stamps. For the purposes of determining whether a 
two-parent family is eligible for financial assistance under the 
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the 
Department of Human Services shall exclude up to $15,000 of the fair 
market value of one motor vehicle owned by the applicant family.  
This same motor vehicle allowance standard shall be used in 
determining whether a person meets the resource requirements for 
eligibility for food assistance under Chapter 33, Human Resources 
Code.