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2002 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Callahan
TANF Eligibility Disregard Motor Vehicle

Item 354 #11h

Item 354 #11h

First Year - FY2003 Second Year - FY2004
Health And Human Resources
Social Services, Department of FY2003 $1,240,000 FY2004 $2,290,000 NGF

Language
Page 275, line 40, strike "$128,093,876" and insert "$129,333,876".
Page 275, line 40, strike "$126,093,876" and insert "$128,383,876".
Page 276, after line 37, insert:
"D.  As a condition of this appropriation, effective July 1, 2002, the Department of Social Services shall disregard the value of one motor vehicle per assistance unit in determining eligibility for cash assistance in the TANF program and in the separate state program for able-bodied two-parent families."


Explanation
(This amendment implements a recommendation of the TANF Advisory Committee to disregard the value of one motor vehicle per family in determining eligibility for cash assistance. At least 26 other states already disregard the value of at least one motor vehicle per family.)