SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 18-E
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 915752
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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, between lines 13 and 14,
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16  insert:  
17         Section 3.  Subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of
18  subsection (5) of section 443.111, Florida Statutes, are
19  amended to read:
20         443.111  Payment of benefits.--
21         (3)  WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT.--
22         (a)  An individual's "weekly benefit amount" shall be
23  an amount equal to one twenty-sixth of the total wages for
24  insured work paid during that quarter of the base period in
25  which such total wages paid were the highest, but not less
26  than $32 or more than $275. For claims with benefit years
27  beginning January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000, an
28  additional 5 percent of the weekly benefit amount shall be
29  added for the first 8 compensable weeks of benefits paid, not
30  to exceed $288. Such weekly benefit amount, if not a multiple
31  of $1, shall be rounded downward to the nearest full dollar
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 18-E Amendment No. ___ Barcode 915752 1 amount. The maximum weekly benefit amount in effect at the 2 time the claimant establishes an individual weekly benefit 3 amount shall be the maximum benefit amount applicable 4 throughout the claimant's benefit year. 5 (b) For fiscal year 2002-2003 only, and 6 notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a), an 7 individual's "weekly benefit amount" shall be an amount equal 8 to one twenty-sixth of the total wages for insured work paid 9 during that quarter of the base period in which such total 10 wages paid were the highest, but not less than $32 or more 11 that $275. For claims with benefit years beginning October 1, 12 2002, through June 30, 2003, an additional amount equal to $25 13 or 15 percent of the weekly benefit amount, whichever is 14 greater, shall be added for each compensable week of benefits 15 paid, not to exceed $316. Such weekly benefit amount, if not a 16 multiple of $1, shall be rounded downward to the nearest full 17 dollar amount. The maximum weekly benefit amount in effect at 18 the time the claimant establishes an individual weekly benefit 19 amount shall be the maximum benefit amount applicable 20 throughout the claimant's benefit year. This paragraph expires 21 July 1, 2003. 22 (5) DURATION OF BENEFITS.-- 23 (a)1.a. Any otherwise eligible individual shall be 24 entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of benefits 25 equal to 25 percent of the total wages in the base period, not 26 to exceed $7,150. For claims with benefit years beginning 27 January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000, an additional 28 amount equal to 5 percent of the weekly benefit amount 29 multiplied by 8 shall be added to the calculated total amount 30 of benefits, the sum of which may not exceed $7,254. However, 31 such total amount of benefits, if not a multiple of $1, shall 2 4:51 PM 05/01/02 s0018Ec-33e0a
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 18-E Amendment No. ___ Barcode 915752 1 be rounded downward to the nearest full dollar amount. Such 2 benefits shall be payable at a weekly rate no greater than the 3 weekly benefit amount. 4 b. For fiscal year 2002-2003 only, and notwithstanding 5 the requirements of sub-subparagraph a., any otherwise 6 eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year 7 to a total amount of benefits equal to 25 percent of the total 8 wages in the base period, not to exceed $7,150. For claims 9 with benefit years beginning October 1, 2002, through June 30, 10 2003, an additional amount equal to $650 or 15 percent of the 11 weekly benefit amount multiplied by 26, whichever is greater, 12 shall be added to the calculated total amount of benefits, the 13 sum of which may not exceed $8,216. However, such total amount 14 of benefits, if no a multiple of $1, shall be rounded downward 15 to the nearest full dollar amount. Such benefits shall be 16 payable at a weekly rate not greater than the weekly benefit 17 amount. This sub-subparagraph expires on July 1, 2003. 18 2. For the purposes of this subsection, wages shall be 19 counted as "wages for insured work" for benefit purposes with 20 respect to any benefit year only if such benefit year begins 21 subsequent to the date on which the employing unit by whom 22 such wages were paid has satisfied the conditions of this 23 chapter with respect to becoming an employer. 24 25 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 26 27 28 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 29 And the title is amended as follows: 30 On page 1, line 8, after the semicolon, 31 3 4:51 PM 05/01/02 s0018Ec-33e0a
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 18-E Amendment No. ___ Barcode 915752 1 insert: 2 amending s. 443.111, F.S.; providing, for a 3 limited time, an increase in weekly 4 unemployment compensation benefit amounts and 5 the total amount of benefits; 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 4:51 PM 05/01/02 s0018Ec-33e0a