Bill Amendment: FL S1906 | 2021 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Reemployment Assistance

Status: 2021-04-30 - Died in Messages; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1463 (Ch. 2021-25) [S1906 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S1906-Senate_Committee_Amendment_608332.html

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       Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1906
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Powell) recommended the
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 15 - 17
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section
    6  443.091, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         443.091 Benefit eligibility conditions.—
    8         (1) An unemployed individual is eligible to receive
    9  benefits for any week only if the Department of Economic
   10  Opportunity finds that:
   11         (g) She or he has been paid wages for insured work equal to
   12  1.5 times her or his high quarter wages during her or his base
   13  period, except that an unemployed individual is not eligible to
   14  receive benefits if the base period wages are less than $1,200
   15  $3,400.
   16         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), subsection (3),
   17  and paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 443.111, Florida
   18  Statutes, are amended to read:
   19         443.111 Payment of benefits.—
   20         (2) QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS.—To establish a benefit year
   21  for reemployment assistance benefits, an individual must have:
   22         (b) Minimum total base period wage credits equal to the
   23  high quarter wages multiplied by 1.5, but at least $1,200 $3,400
   24  in the base period.
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 3
   29  and insert:
   30         s. 443.091, F.S.; revising an eligibility requirement
   31         for receiving reemployment assistance benefits;
   32         amending s. 443.111, F.S.; revising a qualifying
   33         requirement for individuals seeking to establish a
   34         benefit year for reemployment assistance; increasing
   35         the weekly benefit