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.




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