§ 31.031 Application for Assistance
§ 31.0315 Determination of Parentage
§ 31.032 Investigation and Determination of Eligibility
§ 31.0322 Victims of Family Violence
§ 31.0324 Assignment of Protective Payee
§ 31.0326 Verification of Identity and Prevention of Duplicate Participation
§ 31.033 Reinvestigation and Redetermination of Eligibility
§ 31.034 Appeal From Local Eligibility Offices
§ 31.035 Method of Payment
§ 31.0355 Use of Financial Assistance
§ 31.036 Eligibility of Person Leaving the State
§ 31.037 Payment of Financial Assistance Funds On Death of Recipient
§ 31.038 Cancellation of Unused Benefits
§ 31.039 Issuance of Replacement Financial Assistance Warrants and Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards
§ 31.040 Nontransferability of Assistance Funds
§ 31.041 Right to Assistance Not Vested
§ 31.042 Proration of Financial Assistance
§ 31.043 Fill-the-Gap Budgeting
§ 31.044 Inactive Electronic Benefits Transfer Account
§ 31.045 Peace Officers
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Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 31 > Subchapter B - Administration of Financial Assistance and Services

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005