SB 2516 First Engrossed 20222516e1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Office of the Judges of 3 Compensation Claims; amending s. 440.44, F.S.; 4 deleting a requirement for the office to maintain 5 district offices and personnel at a certain level; 6 providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 440.44, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 440.44 Workers’ compensation; staff organization.— 13 (5) OFFICE.—The department, the agency, and the Deputy 14 Chief Judge shall maintain and keep open during reasonable 15 business hours an office, which shall be provided in the Capitol 16 or some other suitable building in the City of Tallahassee, for 17 the transaction of business under this chapter, at which office 18 the official records and papers shall be kept. The office shall 19 be furnished and equipped. The department, the agency, any judge 20 of compensation claims, or the Deputy Chief Judge may hold 21 sessions and conduct hearings at any place within the state.The22Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims shall maintain the2317 district offices, 31 judges of compensation claims, and 3124mediators as they exist on June 30, 2001.25 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.