HS
780792
Senators Campbell and Hargrett moved the following substitute for
amendment (780792):



                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 3035

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Campbell and Hargrett moved the following substitute

12  for amendment (780792):

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         Delete everything after the enacting clause

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17  and insert:

18         Section 1.  The amount of $500,000 plus attorney's fees

19  in the amount of $125,000 is appropriated from the General

20  Revenue Fund in the State Treasury payable to Freddie Lee

21  Pitts. The amount of $500,000 plus attorney's fees in the

22  amount of $125,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue

23  Fund in the State Treasury payable to Wilbert Lee. The

24  comptroller shall provide payment within 30 days of the

25  effective date of this act.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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31  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 3035

    Amendment No.    





 1         Delete everything before the enacting clause

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 3  and insert:

 4                      A bill to be entitled

 5         An act for the relief of Freddie Lee Pitts and

 6         Wilbert Lee;  providing an appropriation to

 7         compensate Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee;

 8         providing an appropriation for the payment of

 9         attorneys' fees; providing an effective date.

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11         WHEREAS, in 1972 Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee were

12  convicted of first degree murder in the deaths of Grover Floyd

13  and Jesse Burkett, and

14         WHEREAS, in 1975 Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee were

15  granted a full pardon for their convictions, and

16         WHEREAS, beginning in 1977 numerous relief bills have

17  been filed on behalf of Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee, and

18         WHEREAS, in 1979, 1989, and 1990 the Florida House of

19  Representatives conducted hearings on relief bills for Freddie

20  Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee, but resolution of the issues

21  relating to the fundamental fairness of the criminal

22  proceedings which resulted in the claimant's convictions, and

23  their entitlement to equitable relief, was not concluded, and

24         WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature seeks to provide an

25  impartial forum for the resolution of these issues, NOW,

26  THEREFORE,

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