Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1906
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  04/17/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Farmer) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 137 - 152
    4  and insert:
    5         (g) She or he has been paid wages for insured work equal to
    6  1.5 times her or his high quarter wages during her or his base
    7  period, except that an unemployed individual is not eligible to
    8  receive benefits if the base period wages are less than $1,200
    9  $3,400.
   10         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), subsection (3),
   11  and paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 443.111, Florida
   12  Statutes, are amended, and paragraph (b) of subsection (1) is
   13  republished, to read:
   14         443.111 Payment of benefits.—
   15         (1) MANNER OF PAYMENT.—Benefits are payable from the fund
   16  in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Economic
   17  Opportunity, subject to the following requirements:
   18         (b) As required under s. 443.091(1), each claimant must
   19  report at least biweekly to receive reemployment assistance
   20  benefits and to attest to the fact that she or he is able and
   21  available for work, has not refused suitable work, is seeking
   22  work and has met the requirements of s. 443.091(1)(d), and, if
   23  she or he has worked, to report earnings from that work. Each
   24  claimant must continue to report regardless of any appeal or
   25  pending appeal relating to her or his eligibility or
   26  disqualification for benefits.
   27         (2) QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS.—To establish a benefit year
   28  for reemployment assistance benefits, an individual must have:
   29         (b) Minimum total base period wage credits equal to the
   30  high quarter wages multiplied by 1.5, but at least $1,200 $3,400
   31  in the base period.
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   33  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   34  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 17
   36  and insert:
   37         Section 1. Paragraphs (c), (d), and (g) of subsection (1)
   38  of
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   40  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   41  And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Delete line 5
   43  and insert:
   44         s. 443.111, F.S.; revising a qualifying requirement
   45         for individuals seeking to establish a benefit year
   46         for reemployment assistance; increasing the weekly
   47         benefit