Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2566
       
       
       
       By Senator Alexander
       
       
       
       
       17-01917-10                                           20102566__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to regional workforce boards; amending
    3         s. 445.007, F.S.; requiring each regional workforce
    4         board to verify the employment eligibility of any job
    5         applicant who is referred to an employer; requiring
    6         the use of certain specified federal verification
    7         processes; requiring that the board issue a
    8         certificate of such verification; clarifying that such
    9         verification does not release the employer from
   10         certain obligations regarding the employment of
   11         authorized persons; providing an effective date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 445.007, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         445.007 Regional workforce boards.—
   18         (4) In addition to the duties and functions specified by
   19  Workforce Florida, Inc., and by the interlocal agreement
   20  approved by the local county or city governing bodies, the
   21  regional workforce board shall have the following
   22  responsibilities:
   23         (a) Develop, submit, ratify, or amend the local plan
   24  pursuant to Pub. L. No. 105-220, Title I, s. 118, and the
   25  provisions of this act.
   26         (b) Conclude agreements necessary to designate the fiscal
   27  agent and administrative entity. A public or private entity,
   28  including an entity established pursuant to s. 163.01, which
   29  makes a majority of the appointments to a regional workforce
   30  board may serve as the board’s administrative entity if approved
   31  by Workforce Florida, Inc., based upon a showing that a fair and
   32  competitive process was used to select the administrative
   33  entity.
   34         (c) Complete assurances required for the charter process of
   35  Workforce Florida, Inc., and provide ongoing oversight related
   36  to administrative costs, duplicated services, career counseling,
   37  economic development, equal access, compliance and
   38  accountability, and performance outcomes.
   39         (d) Oversee the one-stop delivery system in its local area.
   40         (e) Verify the employment eligibility, through the federal
   41  I-9 or E-Verify process, of any job applicant who is referred to
   42  an employer and issue a certification of such verification,
   43  including verification of the applicant’s social security number
   44  and the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States as an
   45  immigrant who is authorized to work. The board’s verification
   46  and certification does not release the employer from the
   47  obligations specified under s. 448.09.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.