Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 84
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/26/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Soto) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 67 - 80
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2. The Central Florida Regional Transportation
    6  Authority is authorized and directed to appropriate from funds
    7  of the authority not otherwise appropriated and to draw a
    8  warrant, payable to Sharon Robinson, individually, as guardian
    9  of Mark Robinson and as personal representative for the Estate
   10  of Matthew Robinson, for the total amount of $3 million as
   11  compensation for injuries and damages sustained as a result of
   12  the negligence of an employee of the Central Florida Regional
   13  Transportation Authority.
   14         Section 3. The warrant shall be drawn to Sharon and Mark
   15  Robinson’s attorneys to be placed in the Florida Bar Interest on
   16  Trust Accounts (IOTA) program for the benefit of Sharon
   17  Robinson, as the personal representative of the Estate of
   18  Matthew Robinson, for a reduced statutory fee after attorney
   19  fees and costs pursuant to s. 733.617(2), Florida Statutes, in
   20  the amount of 3 percent of the first $1 million and 2.5 percent
   21  of the remainder, reducing the fee to $58,529.34. The payment to
   22  Sharon Robinson, as mother individually, will be 37.5 percent of
   23  the remainder or $821,838.99; to Warren Robinson, as father
   24  individually, 2.8 percent of the remainder or $61,250.00; and
   25  for Mark Robinson in the amount of 59.7 percent of the remainder
   26  or $1,308,481.67, to be placed in a trust account, guardianship,
   27  or structure to provide income, protect from wasteful
   28  dissipation, and provide protection of the assets for the
   29  benefit of Mark Robinson; for a total in the sum of $3 million.
   30  The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority is
   31  directed to pay the same out of funds not otherwise
   32  appropriated. The remainder of the total shall be paid to
   33  reimburse for taxable costs and fees. Lobbying and attorney fees
   34  shall be prorated and may not exceed 25 percent.
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete line 5
   39  and insert:
   40         Robinson; authorizing the Central Florida Regional
   41         Transportation Authority to make an appropriation from
   42         funds of the authority not otherwise appropriated to
   43         compensate her