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                             ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1152

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Winsley, Leonard, Riley, Tate, Cole, Mitchell, Dorn, Wineberry, Scott, Rust, Roland, Valle, R. Johnson, Franklin and Anderson.

Read first time January 21, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.  Referred 2/7/91 to Committee on Human Services.Excluding certain child support from food stamp need and eligibility determination.

     AN ACT Relating to food stamps; adding a new section to chapter 74.04 RCW; amd making an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 74.04 RCW to read as follows:

     In determining food stamp need and eligibility, the department shall exclude as income the child support exempted by 42 U.S.C. Sec. 657(b) or 602(a)(8)(A)(vi).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The sum of four hundred seventeen thousand dollars, of which two million one hundred seventy-eight thousand dollars is from the general fund state and one million seven hundred sixty-one thousand dollars is a reduction in the general fund federal, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, to the department of social and health services for the purpose of section 1 of this act.