Bill Text: FL H0357 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Registration of Farm Labor Contractors & Employees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted SB 1150; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1150 (Ch. 2010-124) -HJ 01134 [H0357 Detail]

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HB 357

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to registration of farm labor contractors
3	and employees; amending s. 450.31, F.S.; requiring the
4	renewal of farm labor contractor and employee certificates
5	of registration under certain circumstances; requiring the
6	Department of Business and Professional Regulation to
7	suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew certificates
8	of registration under certain circumstances; providing an
9	effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraphs
14	(e), (f), and (g) of subsection (2) of section 450.31, Florida
15	Statutes, are amended, subsections (3) through (7) are
16	renumbered as subsections (4) through (8), respectively, and a
17	new subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:
18	450.31 Issuance, revocation, and suspension of, and
19	refusal to issue or renew, certificate of registration.--
20	(1) The department shall not issue to any person a
21	certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, nor
22	shall it renew such certificate, until:
23	(b) Such person has obtained and holds a valid federal
24	certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, or a
25	farm labor contractor employee, unless exempt by federal law.
26	However, the department shall renew a certificate of
27	registration after such person's federal certificate of
28	registration expires if such person files a timely application
29	for renewal with the United States Department of Labor.
30	(2) The department may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue
31	or renew any certificate of registration when it is shown that
32	the farm labor contractor has:
33	(e) Failed to pay unemployment compensation taxes as
34	determined by the Agency for Workforce Innovation; or
35	(f) Been denied, or had suspended or revoked, a federal
36	certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor; or
37	(f)(g) Failed to pay federal employee taxes as determined
38	by the Internal Revenue Service.
39	(3) The department shall suspend, revoke, or refuse to
40	issue or renew a certificate of registration upon the United
41	States Secretary of Labor's suspension, revocation, or refusal
42	to issue or renew the federal certificate of registration.
43	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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