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(12) "Recipient" means any person receiving assistance and in 1 addition those dependents whose needs are included in the recipient's 2 assistance. 3 (13) "Resource" means any asset, tangible or intangible, owned by 4 or available to the applicant at the time of application, which can 5 be applied toward meeting the applicant's need, either directly or by 6 conversion into money or its equivalent. The department may by rule 7 designate resources that an applicant may retain and not be 8 ineligible for public assistance because of such resources. Exempt 9 resources shall include, but are not limited to: 10 (a) A home that an applicant, recipient, or their dependents is 11 living in, including the surrounding property; 12 (b) Household furnishings and personal effects; 13 (c) One motor vehicle, other than a motor home, that is used and 14 useful ((having an equity value not to exceed ten thousand dollars)); 15 (d) A motor vehicle necessary to transport a household member 16 with a physical disability. This exclusion is limited to one vehicle 17 per person with a physical disability; 18 (e) Retirement funds, pension plans, and retirement accounts; 19 (f) All other resources, including any excess of values exempted, 20 not to exceed ((six thousand dollars)) $12,000 or other limit as set 21 by the department, to be consistent with limitations on resources and 22 exemptions necessary for federal aid assistance; 23 (((f))) (g) Applicants for or recipients of benefits under RCW 24 74.62.030 and 43.185C.220 shall have their eligibility based on 25 resource limitations consistent with the temporary assistance for 26 needy families program rules adopted by the department; and 27 (((g))) (h) If an applicant for or recipient of public assistance 28 possesses property and belongings in excess of the ceiling value, 29 such value shall be used in determining the need of the applicant or 30 recipient, except that: (i) The department may exempt resources or 31 income when the income and resources are determined necessary to the 32 applicant's or recipient's restoration to independence, to decrease 33 the need for public assistance, or to aid in rehabilitating the 34 applicant or recipient or a dependent of the applicant or recipient; 35 and (ii) the department may provide grant assistance for a period not 36 to exceed nine months from the date the agreement is signed pursuant 37 to this section to persons who are otherwise ineligible because of 38 excess real property owned by such persons when they are making a 39 good faith effort to dispose of that property if: 40 p. 3 2SHB 1447.SL