Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1154
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Perry) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 448.24, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         448.24 Duties and rights.—
    8         (5) A labor pool that operates a labor hall must provide
    9  facilities for a worker waiting at the labor hall for a job
   10  assignment that include:
   11         (a) restroom facilities,.
   12         (b) drinking water, and.
   13         (c) sufficient seating. A labor pool satisfies requirements
   14  for providing restroom facilities and drinking water if its
   15  labor hall facilities comply with all minimum requirements for
   16  public restrooms and drinking fountains in the Florida Building
   17  Code and any local amendments thereto. A labor pool may also
   18  provide drinking water through a water cooler dispenser, by
   19  offering bottled water, or by any other similar means.
   20         Section 2. Section 448.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   21  read:
   22         448.25 Remedies; damages; costs.—
   23         (1)(a) Any worker aggrieved by a violation of s. 448.24 has
   24  shall have the right to bring a civil action in a court of
   25  competent jurisdiction against the labor pool responsible for
   26  such violation.
   27         (b) Before bringing a civil action pursuant to this
   28  section, an aggrieved worker must give the labor pool a
   29  reasonable opportunity to cure the alleged violation. The
   30  aggrieved worker must serve the labor pool in accordance with s.
   31  48.081 with written notice of the alleged violation. Such notice
   32  must include a statement that failure by the labor pool to cure
   33  the alleged violation within 60 days after receipt of the notice
   34  may result in a civil action being filed against it in a court
   35  of competent jurisdiction. A labor pool may cure a violation
   36  relating to its labor hall facilities by modifying the alleged
   37  violation to comply with s. 448.24(5).
   38         (c) In any action commenced pursuant to this section part,
   39  the aggrieved worker is shall be entitled to recover actual and
   40  consequential damages, or $1,000, whichever is greater, for each
   41  violation of s. 448.24 this part, and costs.
   42         (2) A civil action brought under s. 448.24 must be filed
   43  within 1 year after the date the aggrieved worker serves written
   44  notice of the alleged violation on the labor pool.
   45         (3)(2) The remedies provided by this part for a violation
   46  of s. 448.24 are not exclusive and shall not preclude the
   47  aggrieved worker from pursuing any other remedy at law or equity
   48  which the worker may have.
   49         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52  And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   54  and insert:
   55                        A bill to be entitled                      
   56         An act relating to the Labor Pool Act; amending s.
   57         448.24, F.S.; providing that a labor pool satisfies
   58         certain requirements if its facilities meet the
   59         minimum requirements in the Florida Building Code and
   60         any local amendments thereto; authorizing labor pools
   61         to provide drinking water through certain alternative
   62         means; amending s. 448.25, F.S.; requiring an
   63         aggrieved worker to provide specified notice to a
   64         labor pool before bringing a civil action; authorizing
   65         a labor pool to cure alleged violations in a specified
   66         manner; requiring that a civil action be brought
   67         within a certain time period; providing exclusive
   68         remedies; providing an effective date.