House Bill 0617

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 617

        By Representatives Logan, Rojas, Fasano, Murman, Casey,
    Wallace, Effman, Roberts, Crow, Futch, Greenstein, Reddick,
    Wilson, Bush, Bullard, C. Smith, Lawson, Hill, A. Greene,
    Chestnut, L. Miller, Cosgrove, Henriquez, Eggelletion,
    Barreiro and Ritchie


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to unemployment compensation;

  3         amending s. 443.036, F.S.; providing a

  4         definition and an application of an alternative

  5         base period; providing requirements and

  6         limitations; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (7) of section 443.036, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         443.036  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, unless

13  the context clearly requires otherwise:

14         (7)  BASE PERIOD.--

15         (a)  "Base period" means the first four of the last

16  five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the

17  first day of an individual's benefit year.

18         (b)  With respect to a benefit year commencing after

19  January 1, 2001, if an individual is not monetarily eligible

20  in his or her base period to qualify for benefits, the

21  division must designate his or her base period to be the

22  alternative base period. As used in this paragraph, the term

23  "alternative base period" means the last four completed

24  calendar quarters immediately preceding the individual's

25  benefit year. Wages used in a base period to establish a

26  monetarily eligible benefit year cannot be applied to

27  establish monetary eligibility in any succeeding benefit year.

28  If information regarding wages for the calendar quarter or

29  quarters immediately preceding the benefit year is not

30  available to the division from the regular quarterly reports

31  of wage information, the division shall request such

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  1  information from the employer. Employers shall have 10 days in

  2  which to respond to wage requests from the division.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.

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  6                          SENATE SUMMARY

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      Provides for use of an alternative base period whenever
  8    an individual is not monetarily eligible in a base period
      to receive unemployment compensation benefits.
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