HOUSE AMENDMENT

    565-164AX-32                                  Bill No. HB 1767

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Fasano offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 11 and 12,

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17         Section 3.  Subsection (2) of section 440.092, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         440.092  Special requirements for compensability;

20  deviation from employment; subsequent intervening accidents.--

21         (2)  GOING OR COMING.--An injury suffered while going

22  to or coming from work is not an injury arising out of and in

23  the course of employment whether or not the employer provided

24  transportation if such means of transportation was available

25  for the exclusive personal use by the employee, unless the

26  employee was engaged in a special errand or mission for the

27  employer. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

28  contrary, a law enforcement officer, as defined in s.

29  943.10(1), who is going to or coming from work in an official

30  law enforcement vehicle shall be deemed to be engaged in a

31  special errand or mission for the employer.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    565-164AX-32                                  Bill No. HB 1767

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 440.092, F.S.; revising provisions

 7         relating to special requirements for

 8         compensability under Workers' Compensation Law

 9         to provide that certain injuries suffered by

10         specified law enforcement shall be deemed to be

11         injuries arising out of and in the course of

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