Florida Senate - 2012 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1658
Barcode 340924
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Storms moved 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. Section 402.82, Florida Statutes, is amended to
6 read:
7 402.82 Electronic benefit transfer program; federal
8 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.—
9 (1) The Department of Children and Family Services shall
10 establish an electronic benefit transfer program for the
11 dissemination of food assistance benefits and temporary cash
12 assistance payments, including refugee cash assistance payments,
13 asylum applicant payments, and child support disregard payments.
14 Except to the extent prohibited by federal law, the electronic
15 benefit transfer system designed and implemented pursuant to
16 this chapter shall prevent a recipient from using the electronic
17 benefit transfer card to access cash benefits outside this
18 state, to purchase alcohol or tobacco products, or to use in,
19 including accessing automatic teller machines located in,
20 gambling establishments and adult entertainment establishments.
21 This section does not prohibit the use of an electronic benefit
22 transfer card to access federal Supplemental Nutrition
23 Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in any manner authorized by
24 federal law.
25 (2) If the Federal Government does not enact legislation or
26 regulations providing for dissemination of supplemental security
27 income by electronic benefit transfer, the state may include
28 supplemental security income in the electronic benefit transfer
29 program.
30 (3)(2) The department shall, in accordance with applicable
31 federal laws and regulations, develop minimum program
32 requirements and other policy initiatives for the electronic
33 benefit transfer program.
34 (4)(3) The department shall enter into public-private
35 contracts for all provisions of electronic transfer of public
36 assistance benefits.
37 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (13) of section
38 414.095, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
39 414.095 Determining eligibility for temporary cash
40 assistance.—
41 (13) METHODS OF PAYMENT OF TEMPORARY CASH ASSISTANCE.
42 Temporary cash assistance may be paid as follows:
43 (a) Direct payment through state warrant, electronic
44 transfer of temporary cash assistance, electronic benefit
45 transfer card, or voucher. A cash assistance recipient may not:
46 1. Access cash benefits through an electronic benefit
47 transfer card from an automated teller machine in this state
48 located in:
49 a. An adult entertainment establishment as defined in s.
50 847.001.
51 b. A pari-mutuel facility as defined in s. 550.002.
52 c. A gaming facility authorized under a tribal-state gaming
53 compact under part II of chapter 285.
54 d. A commercial bingo facility that operates outside the
55 provisions of s. 849.0931.
56 e. Any establishment licensed under the Beverage Law to
57 sell distilled spirits containing 6 percent or more alcohol by
58 volume as a vendor and restricted in the types of products that
59 can be sold under ss. 565.04 and 565.045, or a bottle club.
60 f. A gambling establishment, including businesses referred
61 to as casino-style Internet cafes, convenience casinos, corner
62 store casinos, gambling halls, game parlors, Internet gambling
63 cafe, Internet sweepstakes cafes, Internet sweepstakes parlors,
64 Internet sweepstakes rooms, low-end casinos, neighborhood
65 casinos, neighborhood gambling halls, pop-up casinos, simulated
66 gambling centers, simulated slots centers, storefront casinos,
67 strip mall casinos, sweepstakes casinos, sweepstakes parlors,
68 virtual slot machine cafes, or any such business ceteris
69 paribus.
70 g. A cardroom as defined in s. 849.086.
71 2. Use a benefit transfer card to purchase any good or
72 service in any entity listed in subparagraph 1.
73 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
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76 And the title is amended as follows:
77 Delete everything before the enacting clause
78 and insert:
79 A bill to be entitled
80 An act relating to public assistance; amending s.
81 402.82, F.S.; restricting the use of an electronic
82 benefit transfer card to prohibit accessing cash from
83 outside the state; amending s. 414.095, F.S.; revising
84 the method of payment of temporary cash assistance to
85 include an electronic benefit transfer card;
86 prohibiting a cash assistance recipient from using an
87 electronic benefit transfer card for certain purposes
88 or in certain locations, including accessing cash
89 benefits through an electronic benefit transfer card
90 from an automatic teller machine located in such
91 locations; providing an effective date.