SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS/HB 1927, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 754484
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11  Senator Latvala moved the following substitute for amendment
12  to amendment (110260):
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 2, lines 13-31, delete those lines
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18         (b)  "Employee" includes any person who is an officer
19  of a corporation and who performs services for remuneration
20  for such corporation within this state, whether or not such
21  services are continuous.
22         1.  Any officer of a corporation may elect to be exempt
23  from this chapter by filing written notice of the election
24  with the division as provided in s. 440.05.
25         2.  Effective January 1, 2002, as to officers of a
26  corporation who are actively engaged in the construction
27  industry, no more than two three officers of such corporation
28  or of any group of affiliated corporations may elect to be
29  exempt from this chapter by filing written notice of the
30  election with the division as provided in s. 440.05, however;
31         a.  Such election is valid only with respect to an
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HB 1927, 2nd Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 754484 1 officer who is the president, vice president, secretary, or 2 treasurer of the corporation. 3 b. Such election is valid only with respect to an 4 officer who owns not less than 10 percent of the stock of the 5 corporation. 6 3. An officer of a corporation who elects to be exempt 7 from this chapter by filing a written notice of the election 8 with the division as provided in s. 440.05 is not an employee. 9 10 Services are presumed to have been rendered to the corporation 11 if the officer is compensated by other than dividends upon 12 shares of stock of the corporation which the officer owns. 13 The term "affiliated" means and includes one or more 14 corporations or entities, any one of which is a corporation 15 actively engaged in the construction industry, under the same 16 or substantially the same control of a group of business 17 entities which are connected or associated so that one entity 18 controls or has the power to control each of the other 19 business entities. The term "affiliated" includes the 20 officers, directors, executives, shareholders active in 21 management, employees, and agents of the affiliated 22 corporation. The ownership by one business entity of a 23 controlling interest in another business entity or a pooling 24 of equipment or income among business entities shall be prima 25 facie evidence that one business entity is affiliated with 26 another. 27 28 29 30 31 2 5:45 PM 05/03/01 h1927c1b-19j10