Sec. 31.044. INACTIVE ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER ACCOUNT. (a) This section applies only to an account to which financial assistance provided under this chapter has been transferred under the electronic benefits transfer system for access and use by a recipient of that assistance.
(b) The commission shall close an account that has not been used by the account holder during the preceding 12 months.
(c) The comptroller shall withdraw any unused benefits remaining in the account and disburse the benefits as authorized by federal and state law.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 322, Sec. 4, eff. May 26, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 458, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 31.043 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(72), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.072, 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