Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1398
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  01/26/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 223 - 248
    4  and insert:
    5  the regional workforce board or a relative, as defined in s.
    6  112.3143(1)(b), of a regional workforce board member or employee
    7  of the board. Such contracts may shall not be executed before or
    8  without the approval of Workforce Florida, Inc. Such contracts,
    9  as well as documentation demonstrating adherence to this section
   10  as specified by Workforce Florida, Inc., must be submitted to
   11  the Department of Economic Opportunity Agency for Workforce
   12  Innovation for review and recommendation according to criteria
   13  to be determined by Workforce Florida, Inc. Such contracts
   14  between relatives, as defined in s. 112.3143(1)(b), of a board
   15  member or employee of a board must be approved by a two-thirds
   16  vote of the entire board, a quorum having been established; all
   17  conflicts of interest must be disclosed before prior to the
   18  vote; and any member who may benefit from the contract, or whose
   19  relative may benefit from the contract, must abstain from the
   20  vote and the contract must be reviewed and approved as stated
   21  above. Contracts under $25,000 between a regional workforce
   22  board and a member of that board or between relatives, as
   23  defined in s. 112.3143(1)(b), of a board member or employees of
   24  a board are not required to have the prior approval of Workforce
   25  Florida, Inc., exempt from the review and recommendation process
   26  but must be approved by a two-thirds vote of the entire board, a
   27  quorum having been established, and must be reported to the
   28  Department of Economic Opportunity Agency for Workforce
   29  Innovation and Workforce Florida, Inc., within 30 days after
   30  approval. If a contract cannot be approved by Workforce Florida,
   31  Inc., a review of the decision to disapprove the contract may be
   32  requested by the regional workforce board or other parties to
   33  the disapproved contract. This subsection expires July 1, 2011.
   34         (13) All contracts totaling $2,500 or greater that are not
   35  subject to the provisions of subsection (12) are required to be
   36  approved by a majority vote of the board, a quorum having been
   37  established, and must be reported to the Department of Economic
   38  Opportunity and Workforce Florida, Inc., within 30 days after
   39  approval. All conflicts of interest must be disclosed before the
   40  vote and any member who may benefit from the contract must
   41  abstain from the vote.
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   43  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   44         And the title is amended as follows:
   45         Delete line 25
   46  and insert:
   47         a member or employer of the board; providing for
   48         contracts totaling $2,500 or greater to be approved by
   49         the regional workforce board and reported to the
   50         Department of Economic Opportunity and Workforce
   51         Florida, Inc.; requiring a