Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1216
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/16/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Bean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 52 - 155
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2. Present paragraphs (k) and (l) of subsection (4)
    6  of section 322.142, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
    7  paragraphs (l) and (m), respectively, and a new paragraph (k) is
    8  added to that subsection, to read:
    9         322.142 Color photographic or digital imaged licenses.—
   10         (4) The department may maintain a film negative or print
   11  file. The department shall maintain a record of the digital
   12  image and signature of the licensees, together with other data
   13  required by the department for identification and retrieval.
   14  Reproductions from the file or digital record are exempt from
   15  the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and may be made and issued only:
   16         (k) To the Department of Economic Opportunity pursuant to
   17  an interagency agreement to facilitate the validation of
   18  reemployment assistance claims and the identification of
   19  fraudulent or false reemployment assistance claims.
   20         Section 3. Subsection (6) of section 443.101, Florida
   21  Statutes, is amended to read:
   22         443.101 Disqualification for benefits.—An individual shall
   23  be disqualified for benefits:
   24         (6) For making any false or fraudulent representation for
   25  the purpose of obtaining benefits contrary to this chapter,
   26  constituting a violation under s. 443.071. The disqualification
   27  imposed under this subsection shall begin with the week in which
   28  the false or fraudulent representation is made and shall
   29  continue for a period not to exceed 1 year after the date the
   30  Department of Economic Opportunity discovers the false or
   31  fraudulent representation and until any overpayment of benefits
   32  resulting from such representation has been repaid in full.
   33  However, if the false or fraudulent representation made for the
   34  purpose of obtaining benefits contrary to this chapter,
   35  constituting a violation under s. 443.071, is made in
   36  furtherance of any state or federal felony crime relating to
   37  identity theft or inappropriate use of personally identifying
   38  information, the disqualification imposed under this subsection
   39  shall be for a period of 5 years after the date the individual
   40  is convicted of such state or federal felony crime the first
   41  time, and 10 years after the date the individual is convicted of
   42  such state or federal felony crime the second or subsequent
   43  time.
   44  
   45  These disqualifications This disqualification may be appealed in
   46  the same manner as any other disqualification imposed under this
   47  section. A conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction in
   48  this state of the offense prohibited or punished by s. 443.071
   49  is conclusive upon the appeals referee and the commission of the
   50  making of the false or fraudulent representation for which
   51  disqualification is imposed under this section.
   52  
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54  And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete lines 3 - 19
   56  and insert:
   57         providing a short title; amending s. 322.142, F.S.;
   58         adding the Department of Economic Opportunity as an
   59         entity that may be issued reproductions from certain
   60         files or digital records for specified reasons;
   61         amending s. 443.101, F.S.; revising provisions
   62         relating to disqualification from unemployment
   63         benefits; amending s. 895.02, F.S.;