Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 726
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: RS            .                                
                  03/14/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 41 - 72
    4  and insert:
    5         (3) Each business entity in this state which employs more
    6  than fifty employees at a time must have a written policy that
    7  delineates the allotted benefits provided to each employee for
    8  paid or unpaid leave in the event of illness of the employee or
    9  a dependent child of the employee. The written policy must be
   10  provided to all new employees.
   11         (4)(a) There is created the Employer-Sponsored Benefits
   12  Study Task Force. The task force shall organize by September 1,
   13  2013. The task force is composed of nine members. The Director
   14  of Workforce Florida, Inc., shall serve as a member and chair of
   15  the task force. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of
   16  the House of Representatives shall each appoint four members to
   17  the task force. The four appointments from the President of the
   18  Senate and the four appointments from the Speaker of the House
   19  of Representatives must include:
   20         1. A member of the Legislature.
   21         2. An owner of a business in this state which employs fewer
   22  than 50 people.
   23         3. An owner or representative of a business in this state
   24  which employs more than 50 people.
   25         4. A representative of an organization who represents the
   26  nonmanagement employees of a business.
   27         (b) The purpose of the task force is to analyze employer
   28  sponsored family or medical leave benefits and the impact of
   29  state preemption of the regulation of such benefits. The task
   30  force shall develop a report that includes its findings and
   31  recommendations for legislative action regarding the regulation
   32  of family or medical leave benefits. The task force shall submit
   33  the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
   34  Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 15, 2014.
   35         (c) This subsection is repealed June 30, 2014.
   36         (5) This section does not limit the authority of a
   37  political subdivision to establish family or medical leave
   38  benefits for the employees of the political subdivision.
   39         (6) This section does not prohibit a federally authorized
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   42         And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete lines 7 - 9
   44  and insert:
   45         medical leave benefits to the state; requiring certain
   46         business entities to have a written policy on leave
   47         benefits; requiring that the written policy be
   48         provided to all new employees; creating the Employer
   49         Sponsored Benefits Study Task Force; establishing the
   50         purpose and composition of the task force; requiring
   51         the task force to submit a report to the Governor and
   52         the Legislature by a specified date; providing report
   53         requirements; providing for future repeal of the task
   54         force; providing that the act does not prohibit a