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| Rep. NEAL proposed the following Amendment No. 36 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5499AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IV, Section 1, by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:
/( ) an AFDC recipient has failed, in good faith, to become gainfully employed but volunteers in the public sector for twenty hours a week./
Renumber items to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. NEAL explained the amendment.
Rep. FLEMING spoke against the amendment.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. HARRISON spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Bailey Baxley Boan Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Haskins Herdklotz Huff Hutson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McCraw Meacham Phillips Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stuart Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Beatty Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Govan Harwell Hines Hodges Howard Inabinett Jennings Keyserling Kinon Lloyd McAbee McElveen McMahand McTeer
Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Rhoad Scott Sheheen Shissias Spearman Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilkes
So, the amendment was tabled.
Reps. HARRELL and SCOTT proposed the following Amendment No. 37 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\PFM\7223AC.95), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part III, page 3613-4, by deleting SECTION 6 on lines 20-29, and inserting:
/SECTION 6. The General Assembly shall provide by law for a tax credit for employers who hire welfare recipients who have received AFDC benefits for more than twenty-four months and who, in addition, wherever possible, provide health and medical insurance benefits to the former AFDC recipient employees. The Department of Revenue and Taxation and the Department of Commerce shall cooperate with the department to coordinate and develop a proposed tax credit for private businesses and in developing this tax credit shall consider the tax credit provisions contained in Section 12-10-70 of the Enterprise Zone Act of 1995./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HARRELL explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. HINES and NEILSON proposed the following Amendment No. 38 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\DKA\3753AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IV, page 3613-8, by adding a paragraph at the end of SECTION 1:
/An AFDC recipient who is no longer eligible to receive assistance due to the time limits provided for under this section, may appeal the determination of ineligibility under the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HINES explained the amendment.
Rep. HUFF spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HINES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Bailey Boan Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harrison Haskins Herdklotz Huff Hutson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin Mason Meacham Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith, R. Stuart Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Baxley Beatty Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Govan Harvin Harwell Hines Hodges Howard Inabinett Keyserling Lloyd McAbee
McCraw McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rhoad Scott Shissias Spearman Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilkes
So, the amendment was tabled.
Reps. NEAL, CAVE and CLYBURN proposed the following Amendment No. 39 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\PT\1763AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part VIII, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/SECTION . The Department of Social Services shall monitor and report to the General Assembly before February 15, 1996 on the incidence in AFDC families of:
(1) abortions;
(2) reports of child abuse and neglect received by the department including whether the report was deemed as indicated or unfounded;
(3) deaths of a child./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. NEAL explained the amendment.
Rep. HUFF spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.
Rep. CROMER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Bailey Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cotty Dantzler Easterday Fleming Fulmer Gamble
Hallman Harrell Harrison Herdklotz Huff Hutson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McCraw Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Stuart Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Baxley Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cooper Cromer Davenport Delleney Fair Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Haskins Hines Hodges Howard Inabinett Jennings Keyserling Kinon Lloyd Martin McAbee McElveen McMahand Meacham Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rhoad Rogers Scott Sheheen Shissias Simrill Spearman Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams
Reps. CAVE and NEAL proposed the following Amendment No. 40 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\21513AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part VIII, by adding an appropriately numbered section to read:
/SECTION . The Department of Social Services shall report to the General Assembly thirty, thirty-six, and forty-two months after this act's effective date on the number of AFDC recipients who became ineligible for assistance as a result of the time limits imposed under Part IV, Section 1, and who subsequently were convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal offense./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. CAVE explained the amendment.
Rep. COTTY moved to table the amendment.
Rep. NEAL demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.
The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 57 to 29.
Reps. CAVE and NEAL proposed the following Amendment No. 42 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\21514AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part III, Section 2(C), by adding at the end:
/All services required to be provided or coordinated by the department under this section to AFDC recipients also must be provided to persons who are unemployed and who have exhausted their unemployment benefits and must be provided through maximizing existing resources within state agencies and within the private business community./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. CAVE explained the amendment.
Rep. COTTY spoke against the amendment.
Rep. COTTY moved to table the amendment.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Bailey Baxley Boan Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harrison Haskins Herdklotz Huff Hutson Jennings Keegan Kelley Keyserling Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin Mason McCraw Meacham Neilson Phillips Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Beatty Breeland Brown, J. Brown, T. Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Govan Harvin Hines Hodges Howard Inabinett Kennedy Lloyd McAbee McMahand Moody-Lawrence Neal Scott Shissias
Spearman Whipper, S. White Williams
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. CAVE proposed the following Amendment No. 43 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\DKA\3757AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part III, by deleting SECTION 7 on page 3613-4 and inserting:
/SECTION 7. Each state agency shall establish recruitment and hiring goals which shall target ten percent of all jobs requiring a high school diploma or less to be filled with welfare or food stamp recipients and an additional ten percent of such jobs to be filled by persons who have been on unemployment and who have exhausted their unemployment benefits. A question concerning receipt of AFDC benefits, food stamps, or unemployment benefits may be added to the state employment application for purposes of targeting these applicants. Each agency annually shall report to the department the number of welfare recipients employed and persons formerly on unemployment employed in comparison to the established goals./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CAVE explained the amendment.
Rep. HUFF moved to table the amendment.
Rep. CAVE demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.
The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 60 to 23.
Reps. JENNINGS, THOMAS, HUFF and HARRISON proposed the following Amendment No. 44 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5502AC.95), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IV, Section 1, by adding at the end:
/(9) The recipient can establish by clear and convincing evidence to the department that the recipient has fully complied with the recipient's agreement with the department including:
(a) diligently seeking all available employment and following up on all
employment opportunities known to the Employment Security Commission or related
state agencies for which the recipient is qualified;
(c) cooperating fully with all state agencies in order to strive to become
gainfully employed;
and the department is satisfied that no available employment reasonably exists
for the recipient and that there is no other means of support reasonably
available to the recipient's family. Every sixty days the department shall
conduct a review of the recipient's compliance with the requirements of this
item, and assistance extended pursuant to this item only may be extended for an
additional twelve months if the person is engaged in education, training, or
other employment-related activities./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. JENNINGS explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted by a division vote of 69 to 29.
Rep. CROMER proposed the following Amendment No. 45 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BR1\18225AC.95), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part III, Section 2, page 3613-3, by inserting after /period/ on line 24 /of no more than sixty days or until the applicant obtains employment, whichever occurs first./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 46 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BR1\18219AC.95), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting Part VIII beginning on page
3613-29 and inserting:
On or about August 31, 1996, and every two years thereafter the Legislative Audit Council shall evaluate and report to the General Assembly on the success and effectiveness of the policies and programs created in this act. In conducting this evaluation the council shall identify the number of AFDC families and individuals no longer receiving welfare, the number of individuals who have completed educational, employment, or training programs under this act, the number of individuals who have become employed and the duration of their employment, and other data
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