| 1 | The Policy & Budget Council offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 1, between lines 14 and 15, insert: |
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| 6 | Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Revenue |
| 7 | Fund the sum of $1,250,000 to the Department of Financial |
| 8 | Services under the conditions provided in sections 2-7 of this |
| 9 | act. |
| 10 | Section 2. The Chief Financial Officer is directed to draw |
| 11 | a warrant in the sum of $1,250,000 for the purposes provided in |
| 12 | sections 1, 3, 5, and 7 of this act. |
| 13 | Section 3. The Department of Financial Services shall pay |
| 14 | the funds appropriated under sections 1 and 2 of this act to an |
| 15 | insurance company or other financial institution admitted and |
| 16 | authorized to issue annuity contracts in this state and selected |
| 17 | by Alan Jerome Crotzer for the purchase of an annuity. The |
| 18 | Department of Financial Services shall execute all necessary |
| 19 | agreements to implement sections 1-7 of this act. |
| 20 | Section 4. Tuition and fees for Alan Jerome Crotzer shall |
| 21 | be waived for up to a total of 120 hours of instruction at any |
| 22 | career center established pursuant to s. 1001.44, Florida |
| 23 | Statutes, at any community college established under part III of |
| 24 | chapter 1004, Florida Statutes, or any state university. For any |
| 25 | educational benefit made, Alan Jerome Crotzer shall meet and |
| 26 | maintain the regular admission requirements of, and be |
| 27 | registered at, such career center, community college, or state |
| 28 | university and make satisfactory academic progress as defined by |
| 29 | the educational institution in which the claimant is enrolled. |
| 30 | Section 5. The Chief Financial Officer shall purchase the |
| 31 | annuity as required by section 3 of this act upon delivery by |
| 32 | Alan Jerome Crotzer to the Chief Financial Officer, the |
| 33 | Department of Financial Services, the President of the Senate, |
| 34 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of an executed |
| 35 | release and waiver on behalf of Alan Jerome Crotzer and his |
| 36 | heirs, successors, and assigns forever releasing the State of |
| 37 | Florida and any agency, instrumentality, officer, employee, or |
| 38 | political subdivision thereof or any other entity subject to the |
| 39 | provisions of s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, from any and all |
| 40 | present or future claims or declaratory relief that the |
| 41 | claimant, or his heirs, successors, or assigns, may have against |
| 42 | such enumerated entities and arising out of the factual |
| 43 | situation in connection with the conviction for which |
| 44 | compensation is awarded. However, declaratory action to obtain |
| 45 | judicial expungement of Alan Jerome Crotzer's judicial and |
| 46 | executive branch records as otherwise provided by law is not |
| 47 | prohibited by sections 1-7 of this act. |
| 48 | Section 6. The Legislature may not be deemed by sections |
| 49 | 1-7 of this act to have waived any defense of sovereign immunity |
| 50 | or to have increased the limits of liability on behalf of the |
| 51 | state or any person or entity subject to the provisions of s. |
| 52 | 768.28, Florida Statutes, or any other law. |
| 53 | Section 7. This award is intended to provide the sole |
| 54 | compensation for any and all present and future claims arising |
| 55 | out of the factual situation in connection with Alan Jerome |
| 56 | Crotzer's conviction and imprisonment, and no part of the award |
| 57 | shall be paid for attorney's fees, lobbying fees, costs, or |
| 58 | other similar expenses. |
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| 62 | On page 1, lines 2 and 3, |
| 63 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 65 | and insert: |
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| 67 | An act relating to claims against the state; providing an |
| 68 | appropriation to compensate Alan Jerome Crotzer for |
| 69 | wrongful imprisonment and for being a victim of a |
| 70 | miscarriage of justice; directing the Chief Financial |
| 71 | Officer to draw a warrant; requiring the purchase of an |
| 72 | annuity; providing for the waiver of specified tuition and |
| 73 | fees; providing conditions for payment; providing |
| 74 | legislative intent; providing an appropriation to |