Bill Text: FL H0207 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Job Incentives

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee [H0207 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0207-Introduced.html

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HB 207

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to job incentives; providing a short
3	title; specifying purpose; creating the Floridians
4	Back to Work Program within the Division of Workforce
5	Services of the Department of Economic Opportunity;
6	providing duties of the division; requiring the
7	division to adopt rules to implement the program and
8	administer funding; authorizing wage subsidies of
9	specified amounts for employers that hire job
10	applicants meeting certain conditions for specified
11	lengths of time; conditioning implementation of the
12	program upon an appropriation in the General
13	Appropriations Act; providing an effective date.
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15	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17	Section 1.  Floridians Back to Work Program.-
18	(1)  This section may be cited as the "Floridians Back to
19	Work Program."
20	(2)  The purpose of the program is to offset the cost of
21	hiring new workers and to encourage employers to create long-
22	term, private-sector employment for Floridians.
23	(3)  To accomplish the purpose of this program, the
24	Floridians Back to Work Program is created within the Division
25	of Workforce Services of the Department of Economic Opportunity.
26	The division shall carry out its responsibility to achieve the
27	duties, responsibilities, and goals of the department to manage
28	the activities of public-private partnerships as provided in s.
29	20.60(4)(e), Florida Statutes, by promoting the establishment of
30	public-private partnerships with employers for the purpose of
31	transitioning residents of this state from receiving
32	unemployment compensation to becoming employed as members of the
33	workforce.
34	(4)  The division, in consultation with Workforce Florida,
35	Inc., and its board, shall adopt rules that implement the
36	Floridians Back to Work Program and appropriately administer
37	federal and state workforce funding for implementation of the
38	program through the communication of program and fiscal
39	instructions to regional workforce boards throughout the state.
40	(5)  The program shall authorize a participating employer
41	to receive a wage subsidy of up to $2,000 for the hiring of each
42	qualified job applicant. A participating employer must retain a
43	newly hired applicant for at least the following lengths of time
44	in order to receive a wage subsidy:
45	(a)  Thirty days to receive a subsidy of $500.
46	(b)  Sixty days to receive a subsidy of $1,000.
47	(c)  Ninety days to receive a subsidy of $1,500.
48	(d)  One hundred twenty days to receive a full subsidy of
49	$2,000.
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51	An employer may not receive a wage subsidy calculated on a pro
52	rata basis in any amount other than as provided in paragraphs
53	(a)-(d).
54	(6)  For purposes of the program, a "qualified job
55	applicant" means a person who:
56	(a)  Is unemployed at the time of hire.
57	(b)  Is currently receiving unemployment compensation or
58	has received unemployment compensation at any time within 12
59	months before the time of hire.
60	(c)  Is hired for at least 30 hours per week.
61	(d)  Made less than $15 per hour at his or her last
62	employment before becoming unemployed.
63	(7)  The implementation of the Floridians Back to Work
64	Program as created under this section is subject to an
65	appropriation in the General Appropriations Act.
66	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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