SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2158, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 821082

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11  Senator Burt moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, lines 25-31, through page 8, lines 1-27,

15  delete those lines and redesignate subsequent sections.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 1, lines 2-28, delete those lines

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25         An act relating to the involuntary civil

26         commitment of sexually violent offenders;

27         creating s. 394.9215, F.S.; authorizing a

28         person held in a secure facility under part V

29         of ch. 394, F.S., to file a petition for habeas

30         corpus; providing for a response and

31         evidentiary proceeding; providing for appeal;

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2158, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 821082





  1         prohibiting a person from filing a petition for

  2         habeas corpus in commitment proceedings;

  3         providing that the petitioner does not have a

  4         right to appointed counsel; requiring that the

  5         court grant relief in the least intrusive

  6         manner possible; prohibiting the court from

  7         releasing a petitioner unless it finds no other

  8         relief will remedy the violation of the

  9         petitioner's rights; amending s. 394.923, F.S.;

10         providing that the Department of Legal Affairs

11         and its officers and employees are immune from

12         civil liability for good-faith conduct under

13         part V of ch. 394, F.S.; providing an effective

14         date.

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