Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7002
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/02/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Hays) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete line 2934
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 60. (1) There is created a task force on
    6  preparation for the state’s implementation of the federal
    7  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128.
    8  The task force is assigned to CareerSource Florida, Inc., for
    9  administrative purposes only.
   10         (2) The task force shall convene no later than June 1,
   11  2015, and shall be composed of the following 20 members:
   12         (a) The president of CareerSource Florida, Inc., who shall
   13  serve as chair of the task force.
   14         (b) The executive director of the Department of Economic
   15  Opportunity or his or her designee.
   16         (c) The Commissioner of Education or his or her designee.
   17         (d) The Chancellor of the State University System or his or
   18  her designee.
   19         (e) The Chancellor of the Florida College System or his or
   20  her designee.
   21         (f) The Chancellor of the Division of Career and Adult
   22  Education of the Department of Education or her designee.
   23         (g) The director of the Division of Vocational
   24  Rehabilitation of the Department of Education or his or her
   25  designation.
   26         (h) The director of the Division of Blind Services of the
   27  Department of Education or his or her designee.
   28         (i) The director of the Agency for Persons with
   29  Disabilities or his or her designee.
   30         (j) The Secretary of Elderly Affairs or his or her
   31  designee.
   32         (k) The Secretary of Children and Families or his or her
   33  designee.
   34         (l) The Secretary of Juvenile Justice or his or her
   35  designee.
   36         (m) The Secretary of Corrections or his or her designee.
   37         (n) The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc., or his or
   38  her designee.
   39         (o) The president of the Florida Workforce Development
   40  Association, Inc., and two of his or her designees from regional
   41  workforce boards, one of whom must be a representative of a
   42  rural regional workforce board.
   43         (p) The statewide director of the Florida Small Business
   44  Development Center network or his or her designee.
   45         (q) The president of the Florida Association of
   46  Postsecondary Schools and Colleges, Inc., or his or her
   47  designee.
   48         (r) The president of the Independent Colleges and
   49  Universities of Florida, Inc., or his or her designee.
   50         (2)(a) CareerSource Florida, Inc., shall provide
   51  administrative and staff support services to the task force
   52  which relate to its functions, including creating workgroups or
   53  subcommittees of the task force.
   54         (b) Members of the task force shall serve without
   55  compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and
   56  travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
   57  Per diem and travel expenses incurred by a member of the task
   58  force shall be paid from funds budgeted to the state agency or
   59  entity that the member represents.
   60         (3)(a) The task force shall develop recommendations for the
   61  state’s implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and
   62  Opportunity Act, which recommendations shall be presented to and
   63  approved by the board of directors of CareerSource Florida, Inc.
   64  The recommendations shall include, but are not limited to:
   65         1. A review of current workforce service delivery and
   66  recommendations for inclusiveness of programs.
   67         2. A regional planning design.
   68         3. A one-stop service delivery design.
   69         4. The integration of economic development, workforce
   70  development, and the state’s education system.
   71         5. The development of sector strategies and career
   72  pathways.
   73         (b) The task force shall submit a report containing the
   74  approved recommendations to the Governor, the President of the
   75  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
   76  December 1, 2015.
   77         (4) CareerSource Florida, Inc., shall incorporate the task
   78  force’s approved recommendations into the state plan required
   79  under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act,
   80  which, upon approval of the state plan by the board of directors
   81  of CareerSource Florida, Inc., shall be submitted to the United
   82  States Department of Labor, with a copy of the state plan
   83  provided to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
   84  Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   85         (5) The task force is abolished June 30, 2016, or at an
   86  earlier date as provided by the task force.
   87         Section 61. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
   88  
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   90  And the title is amended as follows:
   91         Delete lines 2 - 16
   92  and insert:
   93         An act relating to workforce services; renaming
   94         Workforce Florida, Inc., as CareerSource Florida,
   95         Inc.; amending ss. 11.45, 20.60, 216.136, 218.077,
   96         288.047, 288.0656, 288.1252, 288.901, 288.903, 295.22,
   97         320.20, 331.3051, 331.369, 403.973, 409.1451, 413.405,
   98         413.407, 414.045, 414.105, 414.106, 414.295, 414.55,
   99         420.622, 443.091, 443.171, 443.181, 445.003, 445.004,
  100         445.006, 445.007, 445.0071, 445.008, 445.009, 445.011,
  101         445.014, 445.016, 445.021, 445.022, 445.024, 445.026,
  102         445.028, 445.030, 445.033, 445.035, 445.038, 445.045,
  103         445.048, 445.051, 445.055, 446.41, 446.50, 1003.491,
  104         1003.492, 1003.493, 1003.51, 1003.52, 1004.015,
  105         1011.80, and 1011.801, F.S.; conforming provisions to
  106         changes made by the act; making technical changes;
  107         creating a task force on preparation for the state’s
  108         implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and
  109         Opportunity Act; providing membership and duties of
  110         the task force; requiring the task force to submit a
  111         report and recommendations for approval by
  112         CareerSource Florida, Inc.; requiring CareerSource
  113         Florida, Inc., to submit a specified state plan to the
  114         United States Department of Labor; providing for
  115         abolishment of the task force; providing an effective
  116         date.