87(R) HB 927 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	87R1532 JG-D
	By:  Goodwin	H.B.  No.  927

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the exclusion of certain resources in determining
	eligibility for financial assistance.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Section 31.032(d), Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(d)    In determining whether an applicant is eligible for
	assistance, the commission shall exclude from the applicant's
	available resources:
	(1)    $5,000 [$1,000] for the applicant's household,
	including a household in which there is a person with a disability
	or a person who is at least 60 years of age; and
	(2)    the fair market value of the applicant's ownership
	interest in one or more [a] motor vehicles:
	(A)    not to exceed $15,000 for the first motor
	vehicle; and
	(B)    not to exceed $4,650 for each additional
	motor vehicle [, but not more than $5,000 plus or minus an amount to
	be determined annually beginning on October 1, 1997, to reflect
	changes in the new car component of the Consumer Price Index for All
	Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics].
	SECTION  2.    The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
	initial determination or redetermination of eligibility of a person
	for financial assistance under Chapter 31, 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, 2021.