Bill No. PCS for CS/HB 15 (2021), Amendment No. 3 — Commerce Committee

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Committee/Subcommittee Amendment No. 3 to Bill No. PCS for CS/HB 15 (2021), offered by Representative Nixon for the Commerce Committee hearing, described as an amendment with title amendment. It inserts between lines 177 and 178 a Section 2 amending paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section 443.111, Florida Statutes, headed "DURATION OF BENEFITS." The text provides twelve weeks if the state's average unemployment rate is at or below 5 percent, and an additional week for each 0.5 percent increment in that rate above 5 percent. The title amendment inserts language increasing the duration of reemployment assistance benefits.

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                                            COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT
                                         Bill No. PCS for CS/HB 15     (2021)
       Amendment No. 3




            COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION
       ADOPTED                         (Y/N)
       ADOPTED AS AMENDED              (Y/N)
       ADOPTED W/O OBJECTION           (Y/N)
       FAILED TO ADOPT                 (Y/N)
       WITHDRAWN                       (Y/N)
       OTHER


1      Committee/Subcommittee hearing bill:       Commerce Committee
2      Representative Nixon offered the following:
3
4           Amendment (with title amendment)
5           Between lines 177 and 178, insert:
6           Section 2.    Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section
7      443.111, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8           443.111    Payment of benefits.—
9           (5)    DURATION OF BENEFITS.—
10          (c)    For claims submitted during a calendar year, the
11     duration of benefits is limited to 24 weeks of the individual's
12     weekly benefit amount:
13          1.    Twelve weeks if this state's average unemployment rate
14     is at or below 5 percent.




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                                         COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT
                                        Bill No. PCS for CS/HB 15    (2021)
       Amendment No. 3


15          2.   An additional week in addition to the 12 weeks for each
16     0.5 percent increment in this state's average unemployment rate
17     above 5 percent.
18          3.   Up to a maximum of 23 weeks if this state's average
19     unemployment rate equals or exceeds 10.5 percent.
20
21
22           -----------------------------------------------------
23                        T I T L E   A M E N D M E N T
24          Remove line 2 and insert:
25          An act relating to taxation and reemployment
26          assistance benefits; providing a short title; amending
27          s. 443.111, F.S.; increasing the duration of
28          reemployment assistance benefits;




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