Tex. Gov't Code § 544.0404 · Subchapter I. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FRAUD
INELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING VIOLATION; RIGHT TO APPEAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An individual is not eligible to receive financial assistance as provided by Subsection (b) if the individual waives the right to a hearing or a hearing officer at an administrative hearing held under this subchapter determines that the individual violated Section 544.0402. An individual who a hearing officer determines violated Section 544.0402 may appeal that determination by filing a petition in the district court in the county in which the violation occurred not later than the 30th day after the date the hearing officer makes the determination.
(b) An individual determined under Subsection (a) to have violated Section 544.0402 is not eligible for financial assistance:
(1) before the first anniversary of the date of that determination if the individual has no previous violations; and
(2) permanently if the individual was previously determined to have committed a violation.
(c) An individual who is convicted of a state or federal offense for conduct described by Section 544.0402 or who is granted deferred adjudication or placed on community supervision for that conduct is permanently disqualified from receiving financial assistance.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.544.htm
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