SENATE AMENDMENT
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senators Geller, Hill and Siplin moved the following amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 11. Citizen Soldier Matching Grants
19 Program.--The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall establish
20 a matching grant program to award matching grants to private
21 sector employers in this state which provide wages to
22 employees serving in the United States Armed Forces Reserves
23 or the Florida National Guard while those employees are on
24 federal active duty. A grant may not be provided for federal
25 active duty served before January 1, 2004. Each grant shall be
26 awarded to reimburse the employer for no more than one-half of
27 the monthly wages paid to an employee who is a resident of
28 this state for the actual period of federal active duty. The
29 monthly grant per employee may not exceed one-half of the
30 difference between the amount of monthly wages paid by the
31 employer to the employee at the level paid before the date the
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1 employee was called to federal active duty and the amount of
2 the employee's active duty base pay and benefit package. The
3 agency shall develop a plan, subject to the notice, review,
4 and objection procedures of section 216.177, Florida Statutes,
5 to administer the application and payment procedures for the
6 matching grant program. The matching grant program shall be
7 funded by legislative appropriations.
8 Section 12. Except for section 11, which shall take
9 effect July 1, 2004, this act shall take effect upon becoming
10 a law.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 report; creating the Citizen Soldier Matching
19 Grant Program within the Agency for Workforce
20 Innovation; providing for matching grants to be
21 awarded to private sector employers that
22 provide wages to employees serving in the
23 United States Armed Forces Reserves or the
24 Florida National Guard while those employees
25 are on federal active duty; providing
26 eligibility requirements for grant recipients;
27 directing the Agency for Workforce Innovation
28 to develop a plan to administer the application
29 and payment procedures for the matching grants;
30 providing for the grant program to be funded by
31 legislative appropriations; providing effective
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