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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2532, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator Grant moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, between lines 6 and 7,

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17         Section 5.  Section 440.315, Florida Statutes, is

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19         440.315  Attorney's fees.--

20         (1)  All attorney's fees shall be paid by a claimant

21  for services rendered in an amount of up to 25 percent of the

22  benefits that the attorney has actually obtained as a result

23  of legal services rendered pursuant to a petition for

24  benefits.

25         Section 6.  Section 440.34, Florida Statutes, is

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2532, 1st Eng.

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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

  3         On page 1, line 17, after the semicolon,

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  6         creating s. 440.315, F.S.; providing for

  7         attorney's fees and costs; repealing s. 440.34,

  8         F.S., relating to attorney's fees and costs for

  9         proceedings brought under ch. 440, F.S.;

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