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HOUSE AMENDMENT
5A-06 Bill No. HB 5-A
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Fiorentino offered the following:
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18 (1) A death sentence shall be executed by lethal
19 injection, unless the person sentenced to death affirmatively
20 selects to be executed by electrocution. The sentence shall be
21 executed under the direction of the Secretary of Corrections
22 or the secretary's designee pursuant to s. 922.10.
23 (2) A person convicted and sentenced to death for a
24 capital crime at any time shall have one opportunity to select
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26 The selection for death by electrocution is waived unless it
27 is personally made by the person in writing and delivered to
28 the warden of the correctional facility within 30 days after
29 the issuance of mandate pursuant to a decision by the State
30 Supreme Court affirming the sentence of death or, if mandate
31 issued before the effective date of this act, the selection
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
5A-06 Bill No. HB 5-A
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
1 must be made and delivered to the warden within 30 days after
2 the effective date of this act. If a warrant of execution is
3 pending on the effective date of this act, or if a warrant is
4 issued within 30 days after the effective date of this act,
5 the person sentenced to death who is the subject of the
6 warrant shall have waived selection of electrocution as the
7 method of execution unless a written selection signed by the
8 person is submitted to the warden of the correctional facility
9 no later than 48 hours after a new date for execution of the
10 death sentence is set by the Governor under s. 922.06.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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19 sentenced to death to select a death sentence
20 executed by electrocution; providing a
21 procedure for making such selection; providing
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