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11  Representative(s) Fuller offered the following:

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13         Substitute Amendment for Amendment (691883) (with title

14  amendment) 

15         On page 56, between lines 16 & 17,

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17  after the word "plan." insert:

18         Section 33.  (1)  The Department of Labor and

19  Employment Security may offer, subject to the provisions of

20  this section, active employees with 30 or more years of

21  creditable service in a state-administered retirement system,

22  or who are at least 62 years of age and are eligible for

23  retirement in a state-administered retirement system, a

24  one-time voluntary reduction-in-force payment during the

25  1999-2000 fiscal year. Such payment shall represent a payment

26  of insurance costs and shall be paid as an annuity to be

27  purchased by the department within funds appropriated for

28  salary and benefits in the General Appropriations Act for

29  fiscal year 1999-2000, which shall include funds derived from

30  eliminating vacated positions. There shall be no annualization

31  costs associated with this plan. The Secretary of Labor and

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 1  Employment Security shall be deemed to be the public employer

 2  for purposes of negotiating the terms and conditions related

 3  to the reduction-in-force payments authorized by this section.

 4  All persons retiring under this program shall do so no later

 5  than January 1, 2000.

 6         (2)  The department, in consultation with the

 7  Department of Management Services, shall prepare a plan to

 8  implement the reduction-in-force payment authority for

 9  approval by the Office of Planning and Budgeting.  Such plan

10  must meet all applicable federal requirements regarding the

11  expenditure of federal funds; all applicable federal tax laws;

12  and all other federal and state laws regarding special

13  compensation to employees, including the Age Discrimination in

14  Employment Act and the Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act.

15  The plan must specify the savings created through the payment

16  mechanism and the reduction-in-force, specify the source of

17  funding of the payments, and delineate a timetable for

18  implementation.

19         (3)  If approved by the Office of Planning and

20  Budgeting, such plan shall be submitted to the Legislature

21  subject to the notice, review, and objection process

22  authorized in s. 216.177, Florida Statutes.

23         (4)  This section shall take effect upon becoming law.

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

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31         authorizing the department to offer voluntary

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