| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to unemployment compensation; amending s. |
| 3 | 443.111, F.S.; authorizing the Agency for Workforce |
| 4 | Innovation to develop and implement a system for the |
| 5 | payment of benefits by electronic funds transfer; |
| 6 | authorizing the agency to adopt rules; providing an |
| 7 | 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. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 12 | 443.111, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 443.111 Payment of benefits.-- |
| 14 | (1) MANNER OF PAYMENT.--Benefits are payable from the fund |
| 15 | in accordance with rules adopted by the Agency for Workforce |
| 16 | Innovation, subject to the following requirements: |
| 17 | (a) Benefits are payable by mail or electronically. |
| 18 | Notwithstanding s. 409.942(4), the agency may develop and |
| 19 | implement a system for the payment of benefits by electronic |
| 20 | funds transfer, including, but not limited to, debit cards, |
| 21 | electronic payment cards, or any other means of electronic |
| 22 | payment that the agency deems to be commercially viable and |
| 23 | cost-effective. The agency may adopt rules pursuant to ss. |
| 24 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this paragraph. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |