H0083B0107A02688 BIL:CMM 07/05/07 #90 A02688 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 83 Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE TURZAI Printer's No. 107 1 Amend Title, page 1, line 3, by inserting after 2 "Commonwealth,"" 3 providing for residency and county assistance 4 offices; and 5 Amend Sec. 1, page 1, line 9, by striking out "a section" and 6 inserting 7 sections 8 Amend Sec. 1, page 1, by inserting between lines 10 and 11 9 Section 432.23. Residency and County Assistance Offices.-- 10 The following shall apply to an applicant and a recipient of 11 assistance: 12 (1) Subject to clause (2), for a county with only one county 13 assistance office, an individual who is a resident of that 14 county shall only apply to or receive assistance from that 15 county assistance office. 16 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (1), an 17 individual who lives in a county with only one county assistance 18 office may apply for or receive assistance from a county 19 assistance office which is located in a county contiguous to the 20 individual's county of residence if the county assistance office 21 in the contiguous county is closer to the residence of the 22 individual, by the most direct travel route, than the county 23 assistance office in the county in which the individual resides. 24 (3) For a county with more than one county assistance 25 office, an individual who is a resident of the county shall only 26 apply for or receive assistance from the county assistance 27 office which is closest, by the most direct travel route, to the 28 residence of the applicant. G5L90BIL/HB0083A02688