Bill > H1463

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Economic Opportunity; amending s. 20.60, F.S.; renaming the executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity as the Secretary of Economic Opportunity; authorizing the secretary to appoint deputy and assistant secretaries for a specified purpose; establishing the Office of the Secretary and the Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency; providing duties for the Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency; authorizing the secretary to create offices within the Office of the Secretary and within the divisions; requiring the secretary to appoint division directors; providing duties for the division directors; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 288.901, F.S.; revising the membership of the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc.; amending s. 290.042, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "administrative costs" relating to the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Act; amending s. 290.044, F.S.; revising the application process and funding for the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Fund; amending s. 290.046, F.S.; revising the application hb1463-04-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 1 2021 Legislature process and funding for development grants awarded by the department to local governments; amending s. 331.3081, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 435.02, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "specified agency" to include certain regional workforce boards for the purposes of labor laws; amending s. 443.036, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "temporary layoff"; amending s. 443.091, F.S.; revising the reporting requirements for reemployment assistance benefit eligibility; defining the term "address"; amending s. 443.101, F.S.; deleting a provision providing that individuals who voluntarily leave work as a direct result of circumstances relating to domestic violence are ineligible for benefits under certain circumstances; amending s. 443.1113, F.S.; requiring the department to implement an integrated, modular system hosted in a cloud service, rather than an integrated Internet- based system, for the reemployment assistance program; revising the functions and objectives of the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System; requiring the department to perform an annual review of the system; requiring the department to seek input on recommended enhancements from certain state entities; requiring the department hb1463-04-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 1 2021 Legislature to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature beginning on a specified date; providing requirements for such report; deleting obsolete language; creating s. 443.1118, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing employers to initiate employer-assisted claims under certain circumstances; providing requirements for employer-assisted claims relating to mass separations; specifying the effective date of such claims; providing that benefits paid to a claimant pursuant to an employer-assisted claim count toward maximum benefits for which the claimant is eligible; requiring a claimant covered by an employer- assisted claim to file continued biweekly claims; providing construction; requiring and authorizing the department to adopt specified rules; amending s. 443.151, F.S.; revising the timeline for employers' responses to notices of benefits claims sent by the department; authorizing claimants to request the department to reconsider a monetary determination; providing requirements for such request; providing that monetary determinations and redeterminations are final after a specified period of time; providing exceptions; deleting a requirement that appeals referees be attorneys in good standing with The Florida Bar or be admitted to The Florida Bar within 8 hb1463-04-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 1 2021 Legislature months after the date of employment; prohibiting appeals from being filed after a specified time; amending s. 445.004, F.S.; revising the membership of the state board, which directs CareerSource Florida, Inc.; amending s. 553.79, F.S.; requiring specified building permit applications applied for by licensed contractors for property owners under certain programs administered by the department to be issued within a reduced timeframe; amending ss. 14.20195, 16.615, 20.04, 213.053, 220.194, 288.005, 288.061, 288.0656, 288.106, 288.1089, 288.1251, 288.8014, 288.955, 288.9604, 288.987, 290.0065, 311.09, 311.105, 334.065, 373.4149, 380.045, 403.0752, 420.0005, 420.0006, 420.101, 420.503, 420.504, 420.506, 420.507, 420.511, 420.602, 420.609, 420.622, 427.012, 443.1116, 446.53, 450.261, 624.5105, and 1004.015, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; requiring the department to take certain actions for a specified fiscal year; providing an effective date.

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Chip LaMarca (R)*,  Thomas Leek (R), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Chapter No. 2021-25 (on 05/11/2021)

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