Hardship Exemptions From Federal Time Limits

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. 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.