HB 0021A

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Agency for Workforce Innovation;
3	requiring the agency to provide quarterly reports on
4	certain expenditures; requiring the report to be submitted
5	to the Governor and Legislature; providing that the report
6	must contain certain information; providing an
7	appropriation; requiring that the appropriation be used
8	for additional temporary jobs for eligible dislocated
9	workers; authorizing the agency to spend the appropriation
10	as permitted by the Federal Government; providing that the
11	appropriation is nonrecurring; requiring the Executive
12	Office of the Governor to provide notice of the allocation
13	of the lump-sum appropriations; providing an effective
14	date.
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16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18	Section 1.  Beginning January 1, 2005, the Agency for
19	Workforce Innovation shall provide quarterly reports on the
20	expenditure of federal funds received from the United States
21	Department of Labor under the Workforce Investment Act's
22	National Emergency Grant for the purpose of providing additional
23	temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to assist in the
24	cleanup and restoration efforts resulting from Tropical Storm
25	Bonnie and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. The
26	quarterly reports relating to the temporary-jobs program shall
27	be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
28	the Speaker of the House of Representatives until the grant
29	expires or the funds are no longer available for this program.
30	The reports must include the number of participants who are
31	provided temporary jobs, the types of services being provided by
32	participants in those temporary jobs, any significant
33	implementation problems that occurred during the reporting
34	period, total expenditures to date, and the number of related
35	monitoring visits conducted by the Agency for Workforce
36	Innovation and the regional workforce boards. Monitoring visits
37	shall be conducted to ensure that the worksites and related
38	activities are consistent with the provisions of the applicable
39	federal statute and regulations.
40	Section 2.  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year, the sum of $21
41	million is hereby appropriated from the Employment Security
42	Administration Trust Fund to the Agency for Workforce Innovation
43	in a lump-sum appropriation category. Such budget authority is
44	provided for federal funds received from the United States
45	Department of Labor under the Workforce Investment Act's
46	National Emergency Grant to provide for additional temporary
47	jobs for eligible dislocated workers to assist in the cleanup
48	and restoration efforts resulting from Tropical Storm Bonnie and
49	Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. To the extent
50	that the United States Department of Labor modifies the grant,
51	the agency is authorized to spend the grant funds as permitted
52	by the Federal Government.
53	Section 3.  The appropriation authorized by this act is
54	nonrecurring and is intended to address needs caused by Tropical
55	Storm Bonnie and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
56	Section 4.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section
57	216.177, Florida Statutes, requiring a 14-day notice for interim
58	budget actions, and pursuant to section 216.351, Florida
59	Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor shall provide
60	notice of the allocation of the lump-sum appropriation
61	authorized by this act into traditional appropriation categories
62	to the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission
63	at least 3 working days prior to the effective date of such
64	allocation.
65	Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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