House Bill 0491

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 491

        By Representative Ball






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to litigation settlements;

  3         amending s. 69.081, F.S.; revising the Sunshine

  4         in Litigation Act to remove an exception for

  5         certain municipal or county settlements;

  6         repealing s. 164.106, F.S., relating to public

  7         hearing or meeting before settlement with

  8         respect to certain municipal or county

  9         settlements; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (9) of section 69.081, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         69.081  Sunshine in litigation; concealment of public

16  hazards prohibited.--

17         (9)  A governmental entity, except a municipality or

18  county, that settles a claim in tort which requires the

19  expenditure of public funds in excess of $5,000, shall provide

20  notice, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 50, of

21  such settlement, in the county in which the claim arose,

22  within 60 days of entering into such settlement; provided that

23  no notice shall be required if the settlement has been

24  approved by a court of competent jurisdiction.

25         Section 2.  Section 164.106, Florida Statutes, is

26  repealed.

27         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 491

    561-143-99






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      Includes municipal and county settlements requiring the
  4    expenditure of public funds in excess of $5000 within the
      Sunshine in Litigation Act. Repeals s. 164.106, F.S.,
  5    which requires a public hearing or meeting before the
      settlement of described cases by a municipality or county
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