Texas § 31.0066 HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL TIME LIMITS.

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§ 31.0066 — HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL TIME LIMITS.

Texas § 31.0066

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Tex. Human Resources Code Code Ann. § 31.0066 (2026).

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Sec. 31.0066. HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL TIME LIMITS.

(a)The executive commissioner and the Texas Workforce Commission shall jointly adopt rules prescribing circumstances that constitute a hardship for purposes of exempting a recipient of financial assistance from the application of time limits imposed by federal law on the receipt of benefits.

(b)The rules must include a broad range of circumstances that reasonably prevent recipients of financial assistance from becoming self-supporting before expiration of the period specified by federal law.

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Sec. 31.0066. HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL TIME LIMITS. (a) The executive commissioner and the Texas Workforce Commission shall jointly adopt rules prescribing circumstances that constitute a hardship for purposes of exempting a recipient of financial assistance from the application of time limits imposed by federal law on the receipt of benefits.
(b) The rules must include a broad range of circumstances that reasonably prevent recipients of financial assistance from becoming self-supporting before expiration of the period specified by federal law.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1217, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 4.052, eff. April 2, 2015.