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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 378

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Dyer moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, between lines 25 and 26,

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17         Section 6.  Section 768.737, Florida Statutes, is

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19         768.737 Punitive damages; application in

20  arbitration.--Sections 768.72, 768.725, and 768.73 are

21  intended to apply to civil actions, including arbitration

22  proceedings. In the case of an arbitration proceeding, an

23  arbitrator who renders an award for punitive damages must

24  issue a written opinion setting forth the conduct that gave

25  rise to the award and how the arbitrator applied the standards

26  in s. 768.72 to such conduct.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         creating s. 768.737, F.S.; providing for

 7         applicability of punitive damages provisions in

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