SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/SB 2180

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Turner moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, line 11, through

15            page 2, line 2, delete those lines

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 414.065, Florida

19  Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended, present subsections

20  (10) and (11) of that section are redesignated as subsections

21  (11) and (12), respectively, and a new subsection (10) is

22  added to that section, to read:

23         414.065  Work requirements.--

24         (2)  WORK ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS.--Each adult

25  participant who is not otherwise exempt must participate in a

26  work activity for the maximum number of hours allowable under

27  federal law provided that no participant be required to work

28  more than 40 hours per week or less than the minimum number of

29  hours required by federal law. The maximum number of hours

30  each month that a participant may be required to participate

31  in community service work experience is the greater number of

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  1  hours resulting from either of the following:

  2         a.  The result from dividing the family's monthly cash

  3  assistance amount plus the value of food stamps received by

  4  the family by the federal minimum wage, then dividing that

  5  result by the number of participants in the family who

  6  participate in community service work experience; or

  7         b.  The number of hours of community service work

  8  experience which, when added to any other qualified work

  9  activity, equals the minimum federal requirement. An applicant

10  shall be referred for employment at the time of application if

11  the applicant is eligible to participate in the WAGES Program.

12         (10)  PROTECTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS.--

13         (a)  Each participant is subject to the same health,

14  safety, and nondiscrimination standards established under

15  federal, state, or local laws that otherwise apply to other

16  individuals engaged in similar activities who are not

17  participants in the WAGES Program.

18         (b)  A violation of paragraph (a) shall be considered

19  good cause for not complying with a work requirement. Such

20  noncompliance shall not result in sanctions to the

21  participant, and upon such violation the department shall

22  reassign to participant to another work activity.

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26  And the title is amended as follows:

27         On page 1, line 7, after the semicolon,

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30         providing certain protections for participants

31         relating to health, safety, and

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