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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 779
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Frankel offered the following:
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16 insert: 443.036 Definitions.--As used in this chapter,
17 unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
18 (7) BASE PERIOD.--(a) "Base period" means the first
19 four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately
20 preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year.
21 (b) For the 2002-2003 fiscal year only, with respect
22 to a benefit year commencing on or after October 1, 2002, if
23 an individual is not monetarily eligible in his or her base
24 period to qualify for benefits, the division must designate
25 his or her base period to be the alternative base period. As
26 used in this paragraph, the term "alternative base period"
27 means the last four completed calendar quarters immediately
28 preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year.
29 Wages used in a base period to establish a monetarily eligible
30 benefit year may not be applied to establish monetary
31 eligibility in any succeeding benefit year. If information
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1 regarding wages for the calendar quarter or quarters
2 immediately preceding the benefit year has not been input into
3 the division's mainframe database from the regular quarterly
4 reports of wage information or is otherwise unavailable , the
5 division shall request such information from the employer.
6 An employer must provide the requested wage information within
7 10 days after receiving a request from the division. An
8 employer who fails to provide the requested wage information
9 within the required time is subject to the penalty for
10 delinquent reports in s. 443.141(1)(b). This paragraph
11 expires July 1, 2003.
12 (c) For the 2002-2003 fiscal year only, for monetary
13 determinations based upon the alternative base period under
14 paragraph (b), if the division is unable to access the wage
15 information through its mainframe database, the division may
16 base the determination of eligibility for benefits on an
17 affidavit submitted by the individual with respect to wages
18 for those calendar quarters. The individual must furnish
19 payroll information, if available, in support of the
20 affidavit. A determination of benefits based upon an
21 alternative base period shall be adjusted when the quarterly
22 report of wage information from the employer is received, if
23 that information causes a change in the determination. This
24 paragraph expires July 1, 2003.
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28 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 amending s. 443.036, F.S.; providing a
2 definition and an application of an alternative
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5 requiring employers to respond to requests for
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