Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1288
                        Barcode 683176
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11  The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Posey) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, lines 11-13, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 448.24, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (7) is added to that
20  section, to read:
21         448.24  Duties and rights.--
22         (1)  No labor pool shall charge a day laborer:
23         (a)  For safety equipment, clothing, accessories, or
24  any other items required by the nature of the work either by
25  law, custom, or as a requirement of the third-party user:
26         1.  This subsection shall not preclude the labor pool
27  from charging the day laborer the market value of items
28  temporarily provided to the worker by the labor pool, in the
29  event that the worker willfully fails to return such items to
30  the labor pool;
31         2.  For items other than those referenced in this
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1288 Barcode 683176 1 paragraph, which the labor pool makes available for purchase, 2 the day laborer shall be charged no more than the actual cost 3 of the item to the labor pool, or market value, whichever is 4 less; 5 (b) More than a reasonable amount to transport a 6 worker to or from the designated worksite, but in no event may 7 shall the amount exceed $1.50 each way or the prevailing rate 8 for public transportation in the geographic area, whichever is 9 greater; or 10 (c) For directly or indirectly cashing a worker's 11 check. 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, 17 18 insert: 19 specifying the maximum amount a labor pool may 20 charge a day laborer to transport a worker to 21 or from the worksite; 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 9:18 AM 04/18/05 s1288c1c-bi24-s01