HOUSE AMENDMENT
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Murman offered the following:
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17 Section 18. Subsection (3) is added to section 414.31,
18 Florida Statutes, to read:
19 414.31 State agency for administering federal food
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21 (3) The state elects, within the provisions of Pub. L.
22 No. 106-387, to adopt more liberal methodologies for valuing
23 vehicles as assets for purposes of food stamp eligibility than
24 the regular food stamp rules allow. The department is directed
25 to exclude from consideration as an asset the value of the
26 vehicles of food stamp applicants and recipients to the same
27 extent that vehicles' values are financially excluded as
28 assets under any program providing assistance under the state
29 program funded under part A of Title IV of the Social Security
30 Act. Additionally, the department shall apply the most
31 favorable rules of resource exclusion, and the most favorable
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
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Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
1 rules for treating nonprimary vehicles, from either the food
2 stamp program or any program providing assistance under the
3 state program funded under part A of Title IV of the Social
4 Security Act. The department is authorized to adopt rules to
5 implement this subsection, which rules shall be implemented no
6 later than January 1, 2002.
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10 And the title is amended as follows:
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14 amending s. 414.31, F.S.; providing a
15 methodology for valuing vehicles as assets for
16 purposes of food stamp eligibility; providing
17 rulemaking authority; providing a deadline for
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