| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to registration of farm labor contractors |
| 3 | and employees; amending s. 450.31, F.S.; requiring the |
| 4 | renewal of farm labor contractor and employee certificates |
| 5 | of registration under certain circumstances; requiring the |
| 6 | Department of Business and Professional Regulation to |
| 7 | suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew certificates |
| 8 | of registration under certain circumstances; providing an |
| 9 | effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraphs |
| 14 | (e), (f), and (g) of subsection (2) of section 450.31, Florida |
| 15 | Statutes, are amended, subsections (3) through (7) are |
| 16 | renumbered as subsections (4) through (8), respectively, and a |
| 17 | new subsection (3) is added to that section, to read: |
| 18 | 450.31 Issuance, revocation, and suspension of, and |
| 19 | refusal to issue or renew, certificate of registration.-- |
| 20 | (1) The department shall not issue to any person a |
| 21 | certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, nor |
| 22 | shall it renew such certificate, until: |
| 23 | (b) Such person has obtained and holds a valid federal |
| 24 | certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, or a |
| 25 | farm labor contractor employee, unless exempt by federal law. |
| 26 | However, the department shall renew a certificate of |
| 27 | registration after such person's federal certificate of |
| 28 | registration expires if such person files a timely application |
| 29 | for renewal with the United States Department of Labor. |
| 30 | (2) The department may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue |
| 31 | or renew any certificate of registration when it is shown that |
| 32 | the farm labor contractor has: |
| 33 | (e) Failed to pay unemployment compensation taxes as |
| 34 | determined by the Agency for Workforce Innovation; or |
| 35 | (f) Been denied, or had suspended or revoked, a federal |
| 36 | certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor; or |
| 37 | (f)(g) Failed to pay federal employee taxes as determined |
| 38 | by the Internal Revenue Service. |
| 39 | (3) The department shall suspend, revoke, or refuse to |
| 40 | issue or renew a certificate of registration upon the United |
| 41 | States Secretary of Labor's suspension, revocation, or refusal |
| 42 | to issue or renew the federal certificate of registration. |
| 43 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |