Senate Bill sb1288

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1288

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-662A-05                                          See HB 525

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to labor pools; amending s.

  3         448.24, F.S.; authorizing a labor pool to

  4         provide day laborers with a method of obtaining

  5         cash from a cash-dispensing machine; providing

  6         criteria for the use of a cash-dispensing

  7         machine; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (7) is added to section 448.24,

12  Florida Statutes, to read:

13         448.24  Duties and rights.--

14         (7)  Nothing in this section shall preclude the labor

15  pool from providing a day laborer with a method of obtaining

16  cash from a cash-dispensing machine operated by the labor

17  pool, or by an affiliate, which is located on the premises of

18  the labor pool for a fee per transaction not to exceed $1,

19  provided:

20         (a)  The labor pool offers payment in compliance with

21  the provisions of paragraph (2)(a) in the form of commonly

22  accepted negotiable instruments that are payable in cash, on

23  demand at a financial institution, and without discount.

24         (b)  The day laborer voluntarily elects to accept

25  payment in cash after disclosure of the fee.

26         (c)  The cash-dispensing machine requires affirmative

27  action by the day laborer with respect to imposition of the

28  fee and allows the day laborer to negate the transaction in

29  lieu of payment in compliance with paragraph (2)(a).

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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