Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 988
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11  The Committee on Judiciary (Campbell) recommended the
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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18         (e)  Statement by deceased or ill declarant similar to
19  one previously admitted.--In an action or proceeding brought
20  against the personal representative, heir at law, assignee,
21  legatee, devisee, or survivor of a deceased person, or against
22  a trustee of a trust created by a deceased person, or against
23  the assignee, committee, or guardian of a mentally incompetent
24  person, when a declarant is unavailable as provided in
25  paragraph (1)(d), a written or oral statement made regarding
26  the same subject matter as another statement made by the
27  declarant that has previously been offered by an adverse party
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 988
                        Barcode 850724
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 2  And the title is amended as follows:
 3         On page 1, lines 7-9, delete those lines
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 6         exception in specified actions or proceedings
 7         for a statement made by a declarant who is
 8         unavailable due to death, illness, or infirmity
 9         regarding the same subject matter as a
10         statement made by the declarant that was
11         previously offered by an adverse party and
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