Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 594
       
       
       
       By Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       20-00787-11                                            2011594__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to statutes of limitations; amending
    3         s. 768.28, F.S.; providing that actions for wrongful
    4         death against the state or one of its agencies or
    5         subdivisions must be brought within the period
    6         applicable to actions brought against other
    7         defendants; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (14) of section 768.28, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         768.28 Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions;
   14  recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of
   15  limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management
   16  programs.—
   17         (14) Every claim against the state or one of its agencies
   18  or subdivisions for damages for a negligent or wrongful act or
   19  omission pursuant to this section shall be forever barred unless
   20  the civil action is commenced by filing a complaint in the court
   21  of appropriate jurisdiction within 4 years after such claim
   22  accrues; except that an action for contribution must be
   23  commenced within the limitations provided in s. 768.31(4), and
   24  an action for damages arising from medical malpractice or
   25  wrongful death must be commenced within the limitations for such
   26  actions an action in s. 95.11(4).
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.