Bill Text: FL S1646 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Regional Workforce Boards [WPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Conference Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2010-153) [S1646 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1646-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1646 
 
By the Committee on Transportation and Economic Development 
Appropriations; and Senator Fasano 
606-03284-10                                          20101646c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to regional workforce boards; amending 
3         s. 445.007, F.S.; prohibiting board members and their 
4         relatives from contracting with or having a financial 
5         interest in a contract with the regional workforce 
6         board on which the member serves; requiring a member 
7         who is employed by or who receives remuneration from a 
8         contracting entity to abstain from voting on a 
9         contract with that entity; requiring the chief elected 
10         officers within a region to approve the appointment of 
11         any executive director to the staff of a regional 
12         workforce board; providing that the chairperson of a 
13         regional workforce board is subject to confirmation by 
14         the Senate; prohibiting workforce boards from 
15         expending federal or state funds for the purpose of 
16         providing meals, food, or beverages or recreational 
17         activities and entertainment for board members, staff, 
18         or employees of regional workforce boards, Workforce 
19         Florida, Inc., or the Agency for Workforce Innovation, 
20         except as expressly authorized by state law; 
21         authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; 
22         providing an effective date. 
23 
24  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
25 
26         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 445.007, 
27  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (10) and (11) are 
28  added to that section, to read: 
29         445.007 Regional workforce boards.— 
30         (1) One regional workforce board shall be appointed in each 
31  designated service delivery area and shall serve as the local 
32  workforce investment board pursuant to Pub. L. No. 105-220. The 
33  membership of the board shall be consistent with Pub. L. No. 
34  105-220, Title I, s. 117(b), and contain one representative from 
35  a nonpublic postsecondary educational institution that is an 
36  authorized individual training account provider within the 
37  region and confers certificates and diplomas, one representative 
38  from a nonpublic postsecondary educational institution that is 
39  an authorized individual training account provider within the 
40  region and confers degrees, and three representatives of 
41  organized labor. The board shall include one nonvoting 
42  representative from a military installation if a military 
43  installation is located within the region and the appropriate 
44  military command or organization authorizes such representation. 
45  It is the intent of the Legislature that membership of a 
46  regional workforce board include persons who are current or 
47  former recipients of welfare transition assistance as defined in 
48  s. 445.002(3) or workforce services as provided in s. 445.009(1) 
49  or that such persons be included as ex officio members of the 
50  board or of committees organized by the board. The importance of 
51  minority and gender representation shall be considered when 
52  making appointments to the board. The board, its committees, 
53  subcommittees, and subdivisions, and other units of the 
54  workforce system, including units that may consist in whole or 
55  in part of local governmental units, may use any method of 
56  telecommunications to conduct meetings, including establishing a 
57  quorum through telecommunications, provided that the public is 
58  given proper notice of the telecommunications meeting and 
59  reasonable access to observe and, when appropriate, participate. 
60  Regional workforce boards are subject to chapters 119 and 286 
61  and s. 24, Art. I of the State Constitution. A member of a 
62  regional workforce board is prohibited from contracting with or 
63  having a financial interest in a contract with the regional 
64  workforce board on which the member serves, except that a board 
65  may contract with a public or not-for-profit entity that has a 
66  representative who is a member of the board. This prohibition on 
67  contracting with a board member also applies to contracts with a 
68  relative of a board member. If the regional workforce board 
69  enters into a contract with a public or not-for-profit entity 
70  that is an organization or individual represented on the board 
71  of directors, the contract must be approved by a two-thirds vote 
72  of the entire board, and the board member who could benefit 
73  financially from the transaction or who is employed by or 
74  receives remuneration from the contracting entity must abstain 
75  from voting on the contract. A board member must disclose all 
76  conflicts any such conflict in a manner that is consistent with 
77  the procedures outlined in s. 112.3143. With the exception of an 
78  employee’s employment contract with the board, this prohibition 
79  on contracting also applies to contracts between a board and its 
80  employees or the relatives of its employees. As used in this 
81  section, the term “relative” has the same meaning as in s. 
82  112.3143. Any executive director appointed to the staff of a 
83  regional workforce board must be approved by the chief elected 
84  officials. 
85         (2) The regional workforce board shall elect a chair from 
86  among the representatives described in Pub. L. No. 105-220, 
87  Title I, s. 117(b)(2)(A)(i) to serve for a term of no more than 
88  2 years and shall serve no more than two terms. The chair is 
89  subject to confirmation by the Senate. 
90         (10) Federal or state funds may not be used directly or 
91  indirectly to pay for meals, food, or beverages for board 
92  members, staff, or employees of regional workforce boards, 
93  Workforce Florida, Inc., or the Agency for Workforce Innovation 
94  except as expressly authorized by state law. Preapproved, 
95  reasonable, and necessary per diem allowances and travel 
96  expenses may be reimbursed. Such reimbursement shall be at the 
97  standard travel reimbursement rates established in s. 112.061 
98  and shall be in compliance with all applicable federal and state 
99  requirements. The expenditure of federal or state funds for the 
100  provision of meals, food, or beverages to board members, staff, 
101  or employees of regional workforce boards, Workforce Florida, 
102  Inc., or the Agency for Workforce Innovation during board or 
103  staff meetings is deemed not reasonable or necessary. 
104         (11) Federal or state funds may not be used to pay for 
105  recreational activities or entertainment costs, as these terms 
106  are defined by 2 C.F.R. part 230, on behalf or to the benefit of 
107  board members, staff, or employees of regional workforce boards, 
108  Workforce Florida, Inc., or the Agency for Workforce Innovation. 
109         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.