Florida Senate - 2022 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2516 Ì125900tÎ125900 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: AD/CR . Floor: AD 03/14/2022 12:17 PM . 03/14/2022 12:48 PM ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Conference Committee on SB 2516 recommended the following: 1 Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete everything after the enacting clause 5 and insert: 6 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 440.44, Florida 7 Statutes, is amended to read: 8 440.44 Workers’ compensation; staff organization.— 9 (5) OFFICE.—The department, the agency, and the Deputy 10 Chief Judge shall maintain and keep open during reasonable 11 business hours an office, which shall be provided in the Capitol 12 or some other suitable building in the City of Tallahassee, for 13 the transaction of business under this chapter, at which office 14 the official records and papers shall be kept. The office shall 15 be furnished and equipped. The department, the agency, any judge 16 of compensation claims, or the Deputy Chief Judge may hold 17 sessions and conduct hearings at any place within the state.The18Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims shall maintain the1917 district offices, 31 judges of compensation claims, and 3120mediators as they exist on June 30, 2001.21 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 22 23 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 Delete everything before the enacting clause 26 and insert: 27 A bill to be entitled 28 An act relating to the Office of the Judges of 29 Compensation Claims; amending s. 440.44, F.S.; 30 deleting a requirement for the office to maintain 31 district offices and personnel at a certain level; 32 providing an effective date.