For purposes of this paragraph (a)(3): Automobile means a passenger car or other motor vehicle used to provide transportation of persons or goods. (In AFDC, in appropriate geographic areas, one alternate primary mode of transportation may be substituted for the automobile); Equity value means fair market value minus encumbrances (legal debts); Fair market value means the price an item of a particular make, model, size, material or condition will sell for on the open market in the geographic area involved (If a motor vehicle is especially equipped with apparatus for the handicapped, the apparatus shall not increase the value of the vehicle); Liquid assets are those properties in the form of cash or other financial instruments which are convertible to cash and include savings accounts, checking accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual fund shares, promissory notes, mortgages, cash value of insurance policies, and similar properties; Need standard means the money value assigned by the State to the basic and special needs it recognizes as essential for applicants and recipients; Payment standard means the amount from which non-exempt income is subtracted.
45 C.F.R. §233.20
For Federal Register citations to §233.20, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.
Effective Date Note: At 47 FR 5678, Feb. 5, 1982, in §233.20, paragraph (a)(13)(v) was added. The amendment contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.