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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 779
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Frankel offered the following:
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17 Section 5. Subsection (7) of Section 443.036, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 443.036 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, unless
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21 (7) BASE PERIOD.--
22 (a) "Base period" means the first four of the last
23 five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the
24 first day of an individual's benefit year.
25 (b) With respect to a benefit year commencing on or
26 after October 1, 2002, if an individual is not monetarily
27 eligible in his or her base period to qualify for benefits,
28 the division must designate his or her base period to be the
29 alternative base period. As used in this paragraph, the term
30 "alternative base period" means the last four completed
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1 individual's benefit year. Wages used in a base period to
2 establish a monetarily eligible benefit year may not be
3 applied to establish monetary eligibility in any succeeding
4 benefit year. If information regarding wages for the calendar
5 quarter or quarters immediately preceding the benefit year has
6 not been input into the division's mainframe database from the
7 regular quarterly reports of wage information or is otherwise
8 unavailable, the division shall request such information from
9 the employer. An employer must provide the requested wage
10 information within 10 days after receiving a request from the
11 division. An employer who fails to provide the requested wage
12 information within the required time is subject to the penalty
13 for delinquent reports in s. 443.141(1)(b).
14 (c) For monetary determinations based upon the
15 alternative base period under paragraph (b), if the division
16 is unable to access the wage information through its mainframe
17 database, the division may base the determination of
18 eligibility for benefits on an affidavit submitted by the
19 individual with respect to wages for those calendar quarters.
20 The individual must furnish payroll information, if available,
21 in support of the affidavit. A determination of benefits based
22 upon an alternative base period shall be adjusted when the
23 quarterly report of wage information from the employer is
24 received, if that information causes a change in the
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 amending s. 443.036, F.S.; providing a
3 definition and an application of an alternative
4 base period; providing requirements and
5 limitations; requiring employers to respond to
6 requests for information and providing a
7 penalty for failure to respond; providing for
8 adjustments in determinations of monetary
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