Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1094
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on General Government
       Appropriations (Hays) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 17 - 22
    4  and insert:
    5  this chapter a penalty equal to 1.5, 1.75, or 2 times the amount
    6  the employer would have paid in premium when applying approved
    7  manual rates to the employer’s payroll during periods for which
    8  it failed to secure the payment of workers’ compensation
    9  required by this chapter within the preceding year 3-year period
   10  or $1,000, whichever is greater, as follows:
   11         a. For employers in violation of coverage requirements for
   12  less than 30 days in total, 1.5 times such amount.
   13         b. For employers in violation of coverage requirements for
   14  at least 30 days but less than 1 year in total, 1.75 times such
   15  amount.
   16         c. For employers in violation of coverage requirements for
   17  1 year in total, 2 times such amount.