am464808
Senate
s2500-98
s2502
2002
SA
584552
Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following substitute for
amendment (584552):
On page 92, between lines 3 and 4,
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11  Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following substitute for

12  amendment (584552):

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 92, between lines 3 and 4,

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18         Section 31.  In order to implement specific

19  appropriations 2195-2202 of the 2002-2003 General

20  Appropriations Act, subsection (7) of section 443.036, Florida

21  Statutes, is amended to read:

22         443.036  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, unless

23  the context clearly requires otherwise:

24         (7)  BASE PERIOD.--

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

26  five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the

27  first day of an individual's benefit year.

28         (b)  For the 2002-2003 fiscal year only, with respect

29  to a benefit year commencing on or after October 1, 2002, if

30  an individual is not monetarily eligible in his or her base

31  period to qualify for benefits, the Agency for Workforce

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  1  Innovation must designate his or her base period to be the

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

  3  "alternative base period" means the last four completed

  4  calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an

  5  individual's benefit year. Wages used in a base period to

  6  establish a monetarily eligible benefit year may not be

  7  applied to establish monetary eligibility in any succeeding

  8  benefit year. If information regarding wages for the calendar

  9  quarter or quarters immediately preceding the benefit year has

10  not been input into the agency's mainframe database from the

11  regular quarterly reports of wage information or is otherwise

12  unavailable, the Agency for Workforce Innovation shall request

13  such information from the employer. An employer must provide

14  the requested wage information within 10 days after receiving

15  a request from the Agency for Workforce Innovation. An

16  employer who fails to provide the requested wage information

17  within the required time is subject to the penalty for

18  delinquent reports in s. 443.141(1)(b). This paragraph expires

19  July 1, 2003.

20         (c)  For the 2002-2003 fiscal year only, for monetary

21  determinations based upon the alternative base period under

22  paragraph (b), if the Agency for Workforce Innovation is

23  unable to access the wage information through its mainframe

24  database, the agency may base the determination of eligibility

25  for benefits on an affidavit submitted by the individual with

26  respect to wages for those calendar quarters. The individual

27  must furnish payroll information, if available, in support of

28  the affidavit. A determination of benefits based upon an

29  alternative base period shall be adjusted when the quarterly

30  report of wage information from the employer is received, if

31  that information causes a change in the determination. This

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  1  paragraph expires July 1, 2003.

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

  8         On page 3, line 24, after the semicolon,

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

12         definition and an application of an alternative

13         base period for unemployment compensation;

14         providing requirements and limitations;

15         requiring employers to respond to requests for

16         information by the Agency for Workforce

17         Innovation; providing a penalty for failure to

18         respond; providing for adjustments in

19         determinations of monetary eligibility;

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