Senate Bill sb0022A

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 22-A

    By Senator Fasano





    41-506C-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to emergency funding for

  3         temporary jobs for displaced workers affected

  4         by the 2004 hurricane season; requiring the

  5         Agency for Workforce Innovation to report to

  6         the Governor and the Legislature on the

  7         expenditure of federal funds received for the

  8         purpose of providing temporary jobs and

  9         assisting in the restoration efforts following

10         the tropical storm and hurricanes in this

11         state; requiring monitoring by the agency and

12         regional workforce boards to ensure compliance

13         with federal law; providing an appropriation;

14         providing budget authority to the agency with

15         respect to the expenditure of federal funds;

16         requiring that the Executive Office of the

17         Governor provide prior notice to the

18         Legislative Budget Commission of allocations

19         from the lump-sum appropriation to

20         appropriation categories; providing an

21         effective date.

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23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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25         Section 1.  Beginning January 1, 2005, the Agency for

26  Workforce Innovation shall provide quarterly reports on the

27  expenditure of federal funds received from the United States

28  Department of Labor under the Workforce Investment Act -

29  National Emergency Grant for the purpose of providing

30  additional temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to

31  assist in the clean-up and restoration efforts resulting from

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 22-A
    41-506C-05




 1  Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan,

 2  and Jeanne. The quarterly reports relating to the temporary

 3  jobs program shall be submitted to the Executive Office of the

 4  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

 5  House of Representatives until the grant expires or the funds

 6  are no longer available for this program. The reports must

 7  include the number of participants who are provided temporary

 8  jobs, the types of services being provided by participants in

 9  those temporary jobs, any significant implementation problems

10  that occurred during the reporting period, the total

11  expenditures to date, and the number of related monitoring

12  visits conducted by the Agency for Workforce Innovation and

13  the regional workforce boards. Monitoring shall be conducted

14  to ensure that the worksites and related activities are

15  consistent with the provisions of applicable federal statute

16  and regulations.

17         Section 2.  (1)  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year, the sum

18  of $21 million is hereby appropriated from the Employment

19  Security Administration Trust Fund to the Agency for Workforce

20  Innovation in a lump-sum appropriation category. Such budget

21  authority is provided for federal funds received from the

22  United States Department of Labor under the Workforce

23  Investment Act - National Emergency Grant to provide for

24  additional temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to

25  assist in the clean-up and restoration efforts resulting from

26  Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan,

27  and Jeanne. To the extent that the United States Department of

28  Labor modifies the grant, the agency is authorized to spend

29  the grant funds as permitted by the federal government.

30         (2)  The appropriation authorized by this act is

31  nonrecurring and is intended to address needs caused by

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 22-A
    41-506C-05




 1  Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan,

 2  and Jeanne.

 3         Section 3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section

 4  216.177, Florida Statutes, requiring a 14-day notice for

 5  interim budget actions, and pursuant to section 216.351,

 6  Florida Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor shall

 7  provide notice of the allocation of the lump-sum appropriation

 8  authorized by this act into traditional appropriation

 9  categories to the chair and vice chair of the Legislative

10  Budget Commission at least 3 working days prior to the

11  effective date of such allocation.

12         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

13  law.

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16                          SENATE SUMMARY

17    Requires the Agency for Workforce Innovation to report to
      the Governor and the Legislature on the expenditure of
18    federal funds received for the clean-up and restoration
      efforts following the 2004 tropical storm and hurricanes.
19    Provides an appropriation to the agency. Requires the
      Executive Office of the Governor to notify the
20    Legislative Budget Commission of transfers of the
      appropriation.
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