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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 5-A

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Crime & Punishment offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 17 and 18 of the bill

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17         Section 3.  Section 922.102, Florida Statutes, is

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19         922.102  Execution of death sentence by nitrous oxide--

20         Notwithstanding s. 922.105, within 10 days after the

21  issuance of a death warrant, a capital defendant may select to

22  be executed by inhalation of nitrous oxide in a quantity

23  sufficient to cause death.  The selection must be made in

24  writing and delivered to the warden of the correctional

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29  And the title is amended as follows:

30         On page 1, after "election;"

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 5-A

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)





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 2         creating s. 922.102; providing for a person who

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