Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1166
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11  The Committee on Commerce and Consumer Services (Pruitt)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
19  448.24, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (7) is
20  added to that section, to read:
21         448.24  Duties and rights.--
22         (1)  No labor pool shall charge a day laborer:
23         (b)  More than a reasonable amount to transport a
24  worker to or from the designated worksite, but in no event
25  shall the amount exceed $1.50 each way the prevailing rate for
26  public transportation in the geographic area; or
27         (7)  Nothing in this part precludes the labor pool from
28  providing a day laborer with a method of obtaining cash from a
29  cash-dispensing machine that is located on the premises of the
30  labor pool and is operated by the labor pool, or by an
31  affiliate, pursuant to chapter 560, if required, for a fee for
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1166 Barcode 482668 1 each transaction which may not exceed $1.99, provided: 2 (a) The labor pool offers payment in compliance with 3 the provisions of paragraph (2)(a). 4 (b) The day laborer voluntarily elects to accept 5 payment in cash after disclosure of the fee. 6 (c) The cash-dispensing machine requires affirmative 7 action by the day laborer with respect to imposition of the 8 fee and allows the day laborer to negate the transaction in 9 lieu of payment in compliance with paragraph (2)(a). 10 Section 2. Section 448.23, Florida Statutes, is 11 amended to read: 12 448.23 Exclusions.--Except as specified in ss. s. 13 448.22(1)(c) and 448.26, this part does not apply to: 14 (1) Business entities duly registered as farm labor 15 contractors pursuant to part III of chapter 450; 16 (2) Employee leasing companies, as defined in s. 17 468.520; 18 (3) Temporary help services engaged in supplying 19 solely white collar employees, secretarial employees, clerical 20 employees, or skilled laborers; 21 (4) Labor union hiring halls; or 22 (5) Labor bureau or employment offices operated by a 23 business entity for the sole purpose of employing an 24 individual for its own use. 25 Section 3. Section 448.26, Florida Statutes, is 26 created to read: 27 448.26 Application.--Nothing in this part shall exempt 28 any client of any labor pool or temporary help arrangement 29 entity as defined in s. 468.520(4)(a) or any assigned employee 30 from any other license requirements of state, local, or 31 federal law. Any employee assigned to a client who is 2 1:18 PM 02/03/06 s1166d-cm28-c6g
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1166 Barcode 482668 1 licensed, registered, or certified pursuant to law shall be 2 deemed an employee of the client for such licensure purposes 3 but shall remain an employee of the labor pool or temporary 4 help arrangement entity for purposes of chapters 440 and 443. 5 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. 6 7 8 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 9 And the title is amended as follows: 10 Delete everything before the enacting clause 11 12 and insert: 13 A bill to be entitled 14 An act relating to labor pools; amending s. 15 448.24, F.S.; providing a limit on the amount a 16 labor pool may charge a laborer for 17 transportation to or from a designated 18 worksite; authorizing a labor pool to provide 19 day laborers with a method of obtaining cash 20 from a cash-dispensing machine; amending s. 21 448.23, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; 22 creating s. 448.26, F.S.; providing for 23 application of pt. II of ch. 448, F.S., the 24 Labor Pool Act; providing an effective date. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 1:18 PM 02/03/06 s1166d-cm28-c6g