| 1 | Representative Thompson, G. offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 98 and 99, insert: |
| 5 | (7) "Base period" means the first four of the last five |
| 6 | completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day |
| 7 | of an individual's benefit year. If the agency determines, |
| 8 | pursuant to s. 443.091(1)(g), that an alternative base period |
| 9 | will be used, the term has the same meaning as the alternative |
| 10 | base period. |
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| 12 | Between lines 172 and 173, insert: |
| 13 | (48) "Alternative base period" means the last four |
| 14 | completed calendar quarters of an individual's benefit year. |
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| 16 | Between lines 203 and 204, insert: |
| 17 | (g) She or he has been paid wages for insured work equal |
| 18 | to 1.5 times her or his high quarter wages during her or his |
| 19 | base period, except that an unemployed individual is not |
| 20 | eligible to receive benefits if the base period wages are less |
| 21 | than $3,400. If the individual is ineligible for benefits |
| 22 | calculated on a base period wage, wages must be calculated using |
| 23 | an alternative base period and the claimant must have the |
| 24 | opportunity to choose whether to establish a claim using such |
| 25 | wages. Wages can be calculated for an alternative base period |
| 26 | only if the base period wages are inadequate to establish |
| 27 | eligibility under this paragraph and only for benefit years that |
| 28 | begin on or after January 1, 2011. Wages used to establish a |
| 29 | monetarily eligible benefit year may not be used to establish |
| 30 | monetary eligibility in a subsequent benefit year. |
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| 33 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 34 | Remove lines 93-94 and insert: |
| 35 | (28) through (47), respectively, new subsections (26), (27), and |
| 36 | (48) are added to that section, and present subsections (6), |
| 37 | (7), (9), |
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| 39 | Remove lines 188-189 and insert: |
| 40 | Section 5. Paragraphs (b) and (g) of subsection (1) of |
| 41 | section 443.091, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
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| 44 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 45 | Between lines 12 and 13, insert: |
| 46 | providing for an alternative base period under certain |
| 47 | circumstances; |