Sec. 33.0291. EXCLUSION OF SCHOOL-BASED ACCOUNTS AND CERTAIN BONDS. (a) For purposes of determining whether a person meets family income and resource requirements for eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the commission may not consider as income or resources a right to assets held in or a right to receive payments or benefits under a school-based account or bond described by Section 28.0024(b)(2), Education Code.
(b) The amount of exclusion under Subsection (a) of assets held in or the right to receive payments or benefits under a school-based account or bond described by Section 28.0024(b)(2)(C), (D), or (E), Education Code, is limited to the amount of the cost of undergraduate resident tuition and required fees for one academic year consisting of 30 semester credit hours charged by the general academic teaching institution with the highest such tuition and fee costs for the most recent academic year, as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 54.753, Education Code.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1265 (H.B. 3987), Sec. 5, eff. June 20, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Human Services and Protective Services in General
Subtitle C - Assistance Programs
Chapter 33 - Nutritional Assistance Programs
Subchapter A. Nutritional Assistance Programs in General
Section 33.0006. Operation of Snap
Section 33.001. Distribution of Surplus Commodities
Section 33.002. Distribution of Commodities and Snap Benefits
Section 33.0021. Application Information
Section 33.0023. Snap Information Matching System
Section 33.0024. Disaster Snap
Section 33.003. Distribution Districts; Agents
Section 33.004. Commodity Distribution Program Advisory Boards
Section 33.005. Processing Perishable Commodities
Section 33.006. Handling Charges
Section 33.008. Sale of Used Commodity Containers
Section 33.011. Prohibited Activities; Penalties
Section 33.012. Chemical Dependency Treatment Program as Representative
Section 33.013. Information and Referral Services
Section 33.015. Initial Establishment and Recertification of Eligibility for Certain Persons
Section 33.018. Snap Eligibility Following Certain Criminal Convictions
Section 33.022. Application Assistance
Section 33.023. Information Verification
Section 33.0231. Verification of Identity and Prevention of Duplicate Participation in Snap
Section 33.025. Nutrition Education and Outreach for Those Eligible for Snap Benefits
Section 33.026. Child and Adult Care Food Program: Required Notices and Advisory Committee Authority
Section 33.027. Child and Adult Care Food Program: Electronic Filing
Section 33.0271. Child and Adult Care Food Program: Program Participant Requirements
Section 33.028. Grant Programs for Nutrition Education
Section 33.029. Certain Eligibility Restrictions
Section 33.0291. Exclusion of School-Based Accounts and Certain Bonds
Section 33.032. Peace Officers
Section 33.035. Pilot Program to Incentivize Purchase of Texas-Grown Fruits or Vegetables Under Snap