The Florida Senate

446.60  Displaced local exchange telecommunications company workers; assistance.--The Department of Labor and Employment Security shall provide assistance, pursuant to any applicable state or federal program within its jurisdiction, to any individual employed in Florida by a local exchange telecommunications company on June 30, 1995, who is displaced, dislocated, severed, or retired from employment as a result of the introduction of competition under this act. This assistance shall include maintaining a database of such workers to assist the industry in recruiting a trained workforce, if so requested by the worker. In addition, the Department of Labor and Employment Security shall coordinate with the Enterprise Florida Jobs and Education Partnership, the ¹Department of Commerce, and the Department of Education to assist new, existing, or expanding telecommunications businesses in Florida to apply for training grants under the guidelines and criteria of the Quick-Response Training Program pursuant to s. 288.047.

History.--s. 34, ch. 95-403.

¹Note.--Section 20.17, which created the Department of Commerce, was repealed effective December 31, 1996, by s. 3, ch. 96-320.