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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1135

    Amendment No. 11 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Transportation & Economic Development

12  Appropriations offered the following:

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14         Amendment 

15         On page 68, line 17, through page 70, line 21,

16  remove from the bill:  all of said lines,

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19         (a)  The WAGES Program State Board of Directors data,

20  records, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations,

21  allocations, and other funds from the Executive Office of the

22  Governor.

23         (b)  The programs, activities, and functions of the

24  Workforce Development Board of Enterprise Florida, Inc.,

25  including records, personnel, property, and unexpended

26  balances of funds. To reduce administrative cost, Workforce

27  Florida,  Inc., may contract with Enterprise Florida, Inc.,

28  for the provision of personnel, property management, and other

29  support services.

30         (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, the Bureau of

31  Apprenticeship of the Division of Jobs and Benefits is

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 1  transferred by a type two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2),

 2  Florida Statutes, from the Department of Labor and Employment

 3  Security to the Division of Workforce Development in the

 4  Department of Education.

 5         (3)  Effective October 1, 2000, employees of the

 6  Workforce Development Board of Enterprise Florida, Inc., who

 7  are leased from the Department of Management Services are

 8  transferred by a type two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2),

 9  Florida Statutes, to the Agency for Workforce Innovation.

10         (4)  Effective October 1, 2000, the following programs

11  and functions are transferred to the Agency for Workforce

12  Innovation:

13         (a)  The Division of Workforce and Employment

14  Opportunities and the Office of Labor Market Statistics are

15  transferred by a type two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2),

16  Florida Statutes, from the Department of Labor and Employment

17  Security.  Employees who are responsible for information

18  technology within the Division of Workforce and Employment

19  Opportunities, employees who are responsible for licensing and

20  permitting business agents and labor organizations under

21  chapter 447, Florida Statutes, and employees who are

22  responsible for regulations relating to minority labor groups

23  under chapter 450, Florida Statutes, are not included in this

24  transfer. The Agency for Workforce Innovation, in consultation

25  with the Department of Labor and Employment Security, shall

26  determine the number of positions needed for administrative

27  support of the programs within the Division of Workforce and

28  Employment Opportunities as transferred to the agency. The

29  number of administrative support positions the agency

30  determines are needed shall not exceed the number of

31  administrative support positions that prior to the transfer

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 1  were authorized to the Department of Labor and Employment

 2  Security for this purpose.  Upon transfer of the Division of

 3  Workforce and Employment Opportunities, the number of required

 4  administrative support positions as determined by the agency

 5  shall be authorized within the agency.

 6         (b)  The resources, data, records, property, and

 7  unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other

 8  funds within the Office of the Secretary or any other

 9  division, office, bureau, or unit within the Department of

10  Labor and Employment Security that support the Division of

11  Workforce and Employment Opportunities are transferred by a

12  type two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2), Florida

13  Statutes, from the Department of Labor and Employment

14  Security.

15         (c)  Staff of the displaced homemaker program are

16  transferred by a type two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2),

17  Florida Statutes, from the Department of Education.

18         (d)  The Agency for Workforce Innovation, in

19  consultation with the Department of Management Services, shall

20  determine the number of positions needed to perform the WAGES

21  contracting function within the agency.  The number of

22  positions the agency determines are needed shall not exceed

23  the number of positions that prior to the transfer were

24  authorized to the WAGES Contracting Division within the

25  Department of Management Services for this purpose.  Upon

26  transfer of the WAGES Contracting Division, the number of

27  required positions as determined by the agency shall be

28  authorized within the agency.

29         (e)  The resources, data, records, property, and

30  unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other

31  funds within the WAGES Contracting Division are transferred by

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 1  a type two transfer, as defined in s. 20.06 (2), Florida

 2  Statutes, from the Department of Management Services to the

 3  Agency for Workforce Innovation.

 4         (5)  Unless already met or exceeded by reductions

 5  required by the General Appropriations Act to division

 6  positions authorized on June 30, 2000, prior to effecting the

 7  transfer of staff required by paragraph (4)(a), the Department

 8  of Labor and Employment Security shall reduce by 25 percent

 9  within the Division of Workforce and Employment Opportunities

10  the number of positions not engaged in directly providing

11  workforce development services to customers or in supervising

12  the direct provision of workforce development services. Prior

13  to January 1, 2001, Workforce Florida, Inc., in cooperation

14  with the Agency for Workforce Innovation, shall submit to the

15  Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the

16  House of Representatives a plan for reorganizing and further

17  reducing the number of staff members transferred pursuant to

18  paragraph (4)(a).

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