Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 570
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/17/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Rouson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 181 and 182
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. TANF Reemployment Pilot Program.—
    6         (1) The Legislature finds that there is an important state
    7  interest in assisting Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
    8  (TANF) recipients in finding and securing stable and productive
    9  employment and that reemployment programs have the potential to
   10  benefit such recipients and their families and to alleviate the
   11  financial strain on the state economy.
   12         (2) The TANF Reemployment Pilot Program is created in
   13  Pinellas County and shall be administered by the Pinellas
   14  Opportunity Council, Inc.
   15         (3) The purpose of the pilot program is to assist TANF
   16  recipients in developing return-to-work plans with the goal of
   17  reemployment.
   18         Section 7. For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the sum of
   19  $150,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund and
   20  $150,000 in nonrecurring funds from the Federal Grants Trust
   21  Fund are appropriated for the TANF Reemployment Pilot Program.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Between lines 25 and 26
   26  insert:
   27         providing legislative findings; creating the TANF
   28         Reemployment Pilot Program in Pinellas County;
   29         providing for the administration of the program;
   30         providing the purpose and goal of the program;
   31         providing an appropriation;