Florida Senate - 2021                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 50
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Farmer moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (913612) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 6 and 7
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section
    7  443.091, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         443.091 Benefit eligibility conditions.—
    9         (1) An unemployed individual is eligible to receive
   10  benefits for any week only if the Department of Economic
   11  Opportunity finds that:
   12         (g) She or he has been paid wages for insured work equal to
   13  1.5 times her or his high quarter wages during her or his base
   14  period, except that an unemployed individual is not eligible to
   15  receive benefits if the base period wages are less than $1,200
   16  $3,400.
   17         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   18  443.111, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   19         443.111 Payment of benefits.—
   20         (2) QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS.—To establish a benefit year
   21  for reemployment assistance benefits, an individual must have:
   22         (b) Minimum total base period wage credits equal to the
   23  high quarter wages multiplied by 1.5, but at least $1,200 $3,400
   24  in the base period.
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 2130
   29  and insert:
   30         An act relating to state financial matters; providing
   31         a short title; amending s. 443.091, F.S.; revising an
   32         eligibility requirement for receiving reemployment
   33         assistance benefits; amending s. 443.111, F.S.;
   34         revising a qualifying requirement for individuals
   35         seeking to establish a benefit year for reemployment
   36         assistance;