Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1964, 1st Eng.
                        Barcode 212068
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11  Senators Campbell and Smith moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 6, lines 13 through 17, delete those lines
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16  and insert:  
17         (a)  Both the state and the applicant shall file an
18  offer of settlement within 30 days after the close of the
19  pleadings. If a judgment exceeds the offer of settlement by
20  the applicant by at least 25 percent, the state shall pay
21  reasonable attorney's fees, reasonable accounting fees, and
22  reasonable actuarial fees.
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26  And the title is amended as follows:
27         On page 1, line 18, following the semicolon
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29  insert:
30         requiring a settlement offer and
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