Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 388
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/04/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Deutch) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Jeffrey Klee
    6  Memorial Act.”
    7         Section 2. Subsection (9) is added to section 95.11,
    8  Florida Statutes, to read:
    9         95.11 Limitations other than for the recovery of real
   10  property.—Actions other than for recovery of real property shall
   11  be commenced as follows:
   12         (9) FOR INTENTIONAL TORTS RESULTING IN DEATH FROM ACTS
   13  DESCRIBED IN S. 782.04 OR S. 782.07.—Notwithstanding paragraph
   14  (4)(d), an action for wrongful death seeking damages authorized
   15  under s. 768.21 brought against a natural person for an
   16  intentional tort resulting in death from acts described in s.
   17  782.04 or s. 782.07 may be commenced at any time. This
   18  subsection shall not be construed to require an arrest, the
   19  filing of formal criminal charges, or a conviction for a
   20  violation of s. 782.04 or s. 782.07 as a condition for filing a
   21  civil action.
   22         Section 3. The amendment to section 95.11, Florida
   23  Statutes, made by this act applies to any claim that is not
   24  otherwise time barred on the effective date of this act.
   25         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
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   30         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   31  and insert:
   32                        A bill to be entitled                      
   33  An act relating to statutes of limitations; providing a short
   34  title; amending s. 95.11, F.S.; eliminating the statute of
   35  limitations for wrongful death actions for intentional torts
   36  resulting in death from acts described in s. 782.04, F.S.,
   37  relating to murder, or s. 782.07, F.S., relating to
   38  manslaughter; providing an effective date.