SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 332632
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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 131, line 31, after the semicolon,
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16  insert:  The maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be
17  awarded under this section must be adjusted each year on July
18  1 to reflect the rate of inflation or deflation as indicated
19  in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers which is
20  published by the United States Department of Labor. However,
21  the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be awarded
22  may not be less than $500,000.
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26  And the title is amended as follows:
27         On page 14, line 24, after the second semicolon,
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30         providing for cost-of-living adjustments to
31         such maximum amount of noneconomic damages;
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