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11 Senators King and Klein moved the following amendment:
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18 Section 114. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of
19 section 443.091, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 443.091 Benefit eligibility conditions.--
21 (1) An unemployed individual shall be eligible to
22 receive benefits with respect to any week only if the division
23 finds that:
24 (b) She or he has registered for work at, and
25 thereafter continued to report at, the division, which shall
26 be responsible for notification of the Agency for Workforce
27 Innovation Division of Jobs and Benefits in accordance with
28 such rules as the division may prescribe; except that the
29 division may, by rule not inconsistent with the purposes of
30 this law, waive or alter either or both of the requirements of
31 this subsection as to individuals attached to regular jobs;
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1 but no such rule shall conflict with s. 443.111(1).
2 Section 115. Subsection (8) of section 443.151,
3 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4 443.151 Procedure concerning claims.--
5 (8) BILINGUAL REQUIREMENTS.--
6 (a) Based on the estimated total number of households
7 in a county which speak the same non-English language, a
8 single-language minority, the division shall provide printed
9 bilingual instructional and educational materials in the
10 appropriate language in those counties in which 5 percent or
11 more of the households in the county are classified as a
12 single-language minority.
13 (b) The division shall ensure that one-stop career
14 centers jobs and benefits offices and appeals bureaus in
15 counties subject to the requirements of paragraph (c)
16 prominently post notices in the appropriate languages that
17 translators are available in those centers offices and
18 bureaus.
19 (c) Single-language minority refers to households
20 which speak the same non-English language and which do not
21 contain an adult fluent in English. The division shall develop
22 estimates of the percentages of single-language minority
23 households for each county by using data made available by the
24 United States Bureau of the Census.
25 Section 116. Section 443.181, Florida Statutes, is
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27 443.181 State Employment Service.--
28 (1) A state public employment service is hereby
29 established in the Agency for Workforce Innovation, under
30 policy direction from Workforce Florida, Inc. Division of Jobs
31 and Benefits. The agency division shall establish and maintain
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1 free public employment offices in such number and in such
2 places as may be necessary for the proper administration of
3 this chapter and for the purposes of performing such duties as
4 are within the purview of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act
5 to provide for the establishment of a national employment
6 system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of
7 such system and for other purposes," approved June 6, 1933 (48
8 Stat. 113; 29 U.S.C. s. 49(c)), as amended. Notwithstanding
9 any provisions in this section to the contrary, the one-stop
10 delivery system shall be the primary method for delivering
11 services under this section, consistent with Pub. L. No.
12 105-220 and chapter 445. It shall be the duty of the agency
13 division to cooperate with any official or agency of the
14 United States having power or duties under the provisions of
15 the Act of Congress, as amended, and to do and perform all
16 things necessary to secure to this state the benefits of said
17 Act of Congress, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance
18 of a system of public employment offices. The provisions of
19 the said Act of Congress, as amended, are hereby accepted by
20 this state, in conformity with s. 4 of that act, and this
21 state will observe and comply with the requirements thereof.
22 The Agency for Workforce Innovation Division of Jobs and
23 Benefits of the Department of Labor and Employment Security is
24 hereby designated and constituted the agency of this state for
25 the purpose of that act. The agency division is authorized
26 and directed to appoint sufficient employees to carry out the
27 purposes of this section. The agency division may cooperate
28 with or enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement
29 Board with respect to the establishment, maintenance, and use
30 of free employment service facilities.
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1 under the said Act of Congress, as amended, shall be paid into
2 the Employment Security Administration Trust Fund, and such
3 moneys are hereby made available to the agency division to be
4 expended as provided by this chapter and by said Act of
5 Congress. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining
6 free public employment offices, the agency division is
7 authorized to enter into agreements with the Railroad
8 Retirement Board or any other agency of the United States
9 charged with the administration of an unemployment
10 compensation law, with any political subdivision of this
11 state, or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a
12 part of any such agreement the agency division may accept
13 moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the
14 Employment Security Administration Trust Fund.
15 (3) References to "the agency division" in this
16 section mean the Agency for Workforce Innovation Division of
17 Jobs and Benefits.
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