SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 874

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 28, between lines 24 and 25,

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17         Section 17.  Section 768.735, Florida Statutes, is

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19         768.735  Punitive damages; exception.--The provisions

20  of ss. 768.72, 768.725, and 768.73 shall not apply with regard

21  to any civil action based upon child abuse, abuse of the

22  elderly, or abuse of the developmentally disabled or to any

23  civil action arising under chapter 400.

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25  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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29  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 874

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 1  insert:

 2         creating s. 768.735, F.S.; providing an

 3         exception with respect to the application of

 4         certain provisions governing punitive damages;

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