Sec. 22.028. ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER: MONITORING. (a) The private electronic benefits transfer (EBT) operator with which the commission contracts to administer the EBT system shall establish procedures to maintain records that monitor all debit transactions relating to EBT client accounts under this section. The EBT operator shall deliver copies of the records to the commission and the comptroller not later than the first day of each month. The commission shall immediately review the records and assess the propriety of the debit transactions.
(b) After reviewing the records under Subsection (a), the commission shall take necessary or advisable action to ensure compliance with EBT rules by the EBT operator, retailers, and clients.
(c) No later than the first day of each month, the commission shall send the comptroller a report listing the accounts on which enforcement actions or other steps were taken by the commission in response to the records received from the EBT operator under this section, and the action taken by the commission. The comptroller shall promptly review the report and, as appropriate, may solicit the advice of the office of the inspector general regarding the results of the commission's enforcement actions.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 8.04(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 1.06(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.029, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 1.02(b), eff. September 1, 2015.
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