SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 544
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 212424
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11  Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
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17  and insert:  disputes.-- In an action to recover amounts due
18  for construction services purchased by a public entity, the
19  court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees,
20  including fees incurred through any appeal, to the prevailing
21  party, if the court finds that the nonprevailing party
22  withheld any portion of the payment that is the subject of the
23  action without any reasonable basis in law or fact to dispute
24  the prevailing party's claim to those amounts.
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