HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                            Bill No. CS/HB 757, 1st Eng.

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

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11  Representative(s) Greenstein offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 87, between lines 28 and 29, of the bill

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17         Section 49.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (10)

18  of section 768.28, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         768.28  Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions;

20  recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of

21  limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management

22  programs.--

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24         (d)  For the purposes of this section, operators of

25  rail services and providers of security for rail services, or

26  any of their employees or agents, that have contractually

27  agreed to act as agents of the Tri-County Commuter Rail

28  Authority to operate rail services or provide security for

29  rail services shall be considered agents of the state while

30  acting within the scope of and pursuant to guidelines

31  established in said contract or by rule.  The contract shall

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                            Bill No. CS/HB 757, 1st Eng.

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





  1  provide for the indemnification of the state by the agent for

  2  any liability incurred up to the limits set out in this

  3  chapter.

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

  8         On page 8, line 16, after the semicolon,

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11         amending s. 768.28, F.S.; revising language

12         with respect to waiver of sovereign immunity in

13         tort cases to provide reference to certain rail

14         service operations or security for such rail

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