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S N A P M A N U A L
456 (AA) Vehicles (Licensed) Licensed vehicles that meet the following conditions: (i) One licensed, registered vehicle per licensed driver in the household. To receive this exclusion, both the license and registration must be issued in South Carolina (SC). (ii) Used for income-producing purposes; such as, but not limited to, a taxi, truck, or fishing boat, or a vehicle used for deliveries, to call on clients or customers, or required by the terms of employment;
(iii) That have previously been used by a self-employed household member engaged in farming but are no longer used in farming because the household member has terminated his/her self-employment from farming must continue to be excluded as a resource for one year from the date the household member terminated his/her self- employment farming;
(iv) Annually producing income consistent with its fair market value, even if used only on a seasonal basis;
(v) Necessary for long-distance travel, other than daily commuting, that is essential to the employment of a household member (or ineligible non-citizen or disqualified person whose resources are being considered available to the household; e.g. the vehicle of a traveling sales person or a migrant farmworker following the work stream);
(vi) Used as the household's home and, therefore, excluded under Section 10.7 Exclusions from Resources (H);
(vii) Necessary to transport a physically disabled household member (or physically disabled ineligible non- citizen or physically disabled disqualified person whose resources are being considered available to the household) regardless of the purpose of such transportation (limited to one vehicle per physically disabled household member).
The vehicle need not have special equipment or be used primarily by or for the transportation of the physically disabled household member; or
(viii) Necessary to carry fuel for heating or water for home use when the transported fuel or water is anticipated to be the primary source of fuel or water for the household during the certification period. Households must receive this resource exclusion without having to meet any additional tests concerning the nature, capabilities, or other uses of the vehicle.
Households must not be required to furnish documentation, as mandated by §273.2(f)(4), unless the exclusion of the vehicle is questionable. If the basis for NOTE: Military personnel from out of state are not required to obtain a current SC driver’s license or vehicle registration.
NOTE: The exclusions in Section 10.7 Exclusions from Resources (X (ii) through (v) will apply when the vehicle is not in use because of temporary unemployment, such as when a taxi driver is ill and cannot work, or when a fishing boat is frozen in and cannot be used.
Exception: This does not apply to household members with mental disabilities only.