60BB-3.0155: Payment of Benefits
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed changes to these rules require that unemployment benefits be paid by debit card or electronic funds transfer, except in limited circumstances.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Unemployment Compensation Claims and Benefits.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 443.1317(1)(b) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 443.1115, 443.1117 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Friday, July 15, 2011, 3:00 p.m., EDT
PLACE: Agency for Workforce Innovation, Law Library, 107 E. Madison Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4128
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Audrey Gaten (850)245-7150. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: John R. Perry, Assistant General Counsel, Agency for Workforce Innovation, 107 E. Madison Street, MSC 110, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4128, (850)245-7152
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
60BB-3.0155 Payment of Benefits.
(1) Benefits To Be Paid Electronically. The Agency will pay benefits by means of an Agency issued debit card. If, at the time of application, the claimant so requests, the Agency will pay benefits by electronic funds transfer (EFT), Except as provided by subsection (2), benefits will be paid only by debit card or EFT.
(2) The Agency will not pay benefits by paper warrant except when
(a) Circumstances exist which make payment by debit card or EFT impractical or illegal; or
(b) The claimant received payment by paper warrant for the week ending July 2, 2011, in which case, he or she may continue to receive payment in that manner until the expiration of the claim.
Rulemaking Authority 443.1317(1)(b) FS. Law Implemented 443.1115, 443.1117 FS. History–New________.