Sec. 31.032. INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY. (a) On receipt of an application for assistance authorized by this chapter, the commission shall investigate and record the applicant's circumstances in order to ascertain the facts supporting the application and to obtain other information it may require.
(b) After completing its investigation, the commission shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for the assistance, the type and amount of assistance, the date on which the assistance shall begin, and the manner in which payments shall be made.
(c) The commission shall promptly notify the applicant of its final action.
(d) In determining whether an applicant is eligible for assistance, the commission shall exclude from the applicant's available resources:
(1) $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 a 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.
(e) If federal regulations governing the maximum allowable resources under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, 7 C.F.R. Part 273, are revised, the executive commissioner shall adjust the standards that determine available resources under Subsection (d) to reflect those revisions.
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2346, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.201(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1251, Sec. 5(a), eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.065, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Human Services and Protective Services in General
Subtitle C - Assistance Programs
Chapter 31 - Financial Assistance and Service Programs
Subchapter B. Administration of Financial Assistance and Services
Section 31.031. Application for Assistance
Section 31.0315. Determination of Parentage
Section 31.032. Investigation and Determination of Eligibility
Section 31.0322. Victims of Family Violence
Section 31.0324. Assignment of Protective Payee
Section 31.0326. Verification of Identity and Prevention of Duplicate Participation
Section 31.033. Reinvestigation and Redetermination of Eligibility
Section 31.034. Appeal From Local Eligibility Offices
Section 31.035. Method of Payment
Section 31.0355. Use of Financial Assistance
Section 31.036. Eligibility of Person Leaving the State
Section 31.037. Payment of Financial Assistance Funds on Death of Recipient
Section 31.038. Cancellation of Unused Benefits
Section 31.040. Nontransferability of Assistance Funds
Section 31.041. Right to Assistance Not Vested
Section 31.042. Proration of Financial Assistance
Section 31.043. Fill-the-Gap Budgeting
Section 31.044. Inactive Electronic Benefits Transfer Account