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HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-27 Bill No. HB 375
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Rubio offered the following:
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17 Section 1. The facts stated in the preamble to this
18 act are found and declared to be true.
19 Section 2. The School Board of Palm Beach County is
20 authorized and directed to appropriate from funds of the board
21 not otherwise appropriated and to draw a warrant in the sum of
22 $600,000, payable to Mary Nell Dent Harley as legal guardian
23 of Ariel Alexus Dent. After payment of statutory attorney's
24 fees and costs and authorized expenses, the proceeds recovered
25 under this act shall be used to purchase an annuity for the
26 benefit of Ariel Alexus Dent which will yield her funding
27 beginning at age 18 and consisting of $25,000 per year
28 guaranteed for 5 years; lifetime monthly income of
29 approximately $2,000 per month guaranteed for 360 months
30 beginning at age 22; and guaranteed payments at ages 25 and 30
31 in the approximate amounts of $50,000 at age 25 and $93,000 at
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2 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
8 remove: the entire title
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11 A bill to be entitled
12 An act relating to the School Board of Palm
13 Beach County; providing for the relief of Mary
14 Nell Dent Harley, as legal guardian of Ariel
15 Alexus Dent, for injuries sustained by Ariel
16 Alexus Dent as the result of negligence on the
17 part of an employee of the board; providing an
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20 WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, Ariel Alexus Dent was a
21 6-year-old student in the Palm Beach County school system, and
22 WHEREAS, on that date, as she was properly exiting her
23 school bus, she was struck by the bus, operated by an employee
24 of the School Board of Palm Beach County, and
25 WHEREAS, as a result of being struck three separate
26 times, by the bumper, the front wheels, and the rear wheels of
27 the bus, Ariel sustained severe and permanent injuries, and
28 WHEREAS, Ariel has undergone multiple surgeries,
29 rehabilitation, and physical therapy, and
30 WHEREAS, Ariel has disfiguring scars, is subject to
31 chronic pain in her right leg, and walks with a limp, and
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1 WHEREAS, expert medical testimony has established that
2 Ariel has sustained a 22-percent permanent partial impairment
3 of the whole person and a 30-percent permanent functional
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5 WHEREAS, the School Board of Palm Beach County has
6 admitted liability for the accident that caused Ariel's
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8 WHEREAS, before trial, the parties reached a settlement
9 under which the School Board of Palm Beach County has paid
10 $200,000 and agreed not to oppose a claim bill in the amount
11 of $600,000, NOW, THEREFORE,
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