HAR §17-663-137. Military income

(a) Income for military personnel shall include basic wages, sea duty payment (SEA), basic allowance for housing (BAH), cost of living subsistence (BAS), and cost of living allowance (COLA), as shown on the leave and earnings statement (LES). (b) The clothing maintenance allowance (CMA) shall be considered a reimbursement. (c) A household living on base shall be considered to be receiving in-kind benefit when no BAH amount is shown on the LES. §17-663-137 663-76 (d) A household living on base receiving a BAH amount and which has an equivalent amount or a portion of housing deducted shall have the total BAH amount shown on the LES counted as earned income. The household may be eligible for a shelter deduction for the payment for housing shown on the LES. (e) Military income shall be budgeted in accor- dance with chapter 17-681, except as specified in this subchapter. [Eff 3/19/93; am and comp 11/19/05; comp 10/07/10] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §§273.9(b); 273.10 (c)) §17-663-138 Treatment of military personnel's income when individual is temporarily deployed to duty away from home. (a) When a military person is removed from the SNAP household because of deployment, the income that is left to the household which originates from the military pay shall be treated as unearned income. (b) Only that portion of the military person's income which is available to the household either in the form of an allotment, directly deposited into a joint or spouse's bank account or contributed to the household, shall be counted as income to the SNAP household. (c) When a military person returns to the house- hold after being temporarily deployed, the person's earnings shall be prospectively budgeted in accordance with chapter 17-680. However, that portion of the household's income which originated from the military personnel's earnings, such as an allotment, shall not be budgeted in determining the household’s eligibility or level of benefits. (d) Any additional payment received by a military person who has been deployed to a designated combat zone shall be excluded from household income for the duration of the military person’s deployment if the additional pay is the result of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, and the additional income was not received immediately prior to serving in the combat zone. [Eff 3/19/93; am and comp 11/19/05; am and comp 10/07/10] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §§273.9(b); 273.10(c); Public L. 108-447) §17-663-152 663-77 §§17-663-139 to 17-663-141 (Reserved) SUBCHAPTER 14 CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY