SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2524, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Sullivan moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 58, between lines 17 and 18,

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17         Section 37.  The following resources are designated for

18  support of the WAGES Emergency Response Program:

19         (1)  Up to $25,000,000 of funds designated for WAGES

20  reserve is to be expended for WAGES Program job development in

21  areas of critical state economic concern.

22         (2)  A total of $15,000,000 is to be transferred from

23  Employment Security Administration Trust Fund amounts

24  associated with JTPA IIB, IIC and III allocations to the

25  Economic Development Trust Fund administered by the Office of

26  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to be used to fund

27  programs and projects that produce jobs for WAGES Program

28  participants in areas of critical state economic concern.

29         (3)  Up to $7,500,000 from Employment Security

30  Administration Trust Fund amounts associated with the

31  Welfare-to-Work grant is to be reserved for activities that

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2524, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  lead to employment of WAGES Program participants in areas of

 2  critical state economic concern as defined by the WAGES

 3  Emergency Response Program. Of the $7,500,000 reserved,

 4  $2,500,000 is to be provided to the Institute of Food and

 5  Agricultural Sciences of the University of Florida for WAGES

 6  job opportunities, and $1,000,000 is to be provided to the

 7  Department of Military Affairs to provide job readiness

 8  services for WAGES Program participants as approved by the

 9  State WAGES Board.

10         (4)  Contingent upon passage of federal legislation

11  reauthorizing the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

12  Act or similar legislation that provides Florida more than 78

13  percent of its federal transportation tax contribution or that

14  increases revenue to Florida, up to $25,000,000 is to be

15  committed to transportation projects in areas of critical

16  state economic concern that produce jobs for WAGES Program

17  participants.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 5, line 10, after the semicolon

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25         designating resources for support of the WAGES

26         Emergency Response Program;

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