HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-032                                    Bill No. CS/HB 1135

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Garcia offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 297, between lines 12 and 13,

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17         Section 157.  Temporary decennial census

18  employment.--Notwithstanding any provision of state law, and

19  within the procedures, requirements, and limitations of

20  federal law and regulation, income earned through temporary

21  decennial census employment shall be disregarded when

22  determining eligibility or continued eligibility for

23  participation in programs requiring a financial determination

24  for receipt of benefits, payments, or services, including the

25  WAGES Program under chapter 414, Florida Statutes, subsidized

26  child care under s. 402.3015, Florida Statutes, and any other

27  social or economic assistance funded through the state share

28  of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant

29  funds. For purposes of this section, "temporary decennial

30  census employment" means employment for 120 days or less,

31  within the period January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000, with

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-032                                    Bill No. CS/HB 1135

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  the United States Department of Commerce as a census-taker or

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 6  And the title is amended as follows:

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11         providing that income earned as a temporary

12         federal census worker shall be disregarded in

13         determination of eligibility for certain public

14         assistance programs; providing limitations;

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