Bill Text: FL H0789 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Workers' Compensation
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Banking and Insurance [H0789 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-H0789-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Workers' Compensation
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Banking and Insurance [H0789 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-H0789-Introduced.html
HB 789 |
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2 | An act relating to workers' compensation; amending s. |
3 | 440.107, F.S.; revising penalties applicable to |
4 | employers who fail to secure the payment of workers' |
5 | compensation as required; providing an effective date. |
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7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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9 | Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (7) of section |
10 | 440.107, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
11 | 440.107 Department powers to enforce employer compliance |
12 | with coverage requirements.- |
13 | (7) |
14 | (d)1. In addition to any penalty, stop-work order, or |
15 | injunction, the department shall assess against any employer who |
16 | has failed to secure the payment of compensation as required by |
17 | this chapter a penalty equal to 2 |
18 | employer would have paid in premium when applying approved |
19 | manual rates to the employer's payroll during periods for which |
20 | it failed to secure the payment of workers' compensation |
21 | required by this chapter within the preceding 1-year |
22 | period or $1,000, whichever is greater. |
23 | 2. Any subsequent violation within 5 years after the most |
24 | recent violation shall, in addition to the penalties set forth |
25 | in this subsection, be deemed a knowing act within the meaning |
26 | of s. 440.105. |
27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |
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