Amendment
Bill No. CS/SB 42
Amendment No. 524269
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Tobia offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove lines 173-201 and insert:
5     Section 1.  For the purposes of this act, the facts in the
6preamble to this act are found and declared to be true.
7     Section 2.  The Sheriff of Broward County is authorized and
8directed to appropriate from funds of the Broward County
9Sheriff's Office not otherwise appropriated and to draw a
10warrant payable to the Guardianship of Eric Brody in the sum of
11$12 million.
12     Section 3.  The amount previously paid by or on behalf of
13the Broward County Sheriff's Office pursuant to s. 768.28,
14Florida Statutes, and the amount awarded under this act are the
15sole compensation for all claims arising out of the facts
16described in this act which resulted in the injuries to Eric
17Brody. Payment for attorneys' fees and costs payable to the
18claimant's attorneys may not exceed $1 million. Payment for the
19professional services and costs of lobbyists advocating for
20passage of this claim may not exceed $100,000. Other than the
21allowed attorneys' fees and costs, lobbying fees and costs, and
22payment in full of any applicable Medicaid lien and any other
23preexisting liens for medical treatment rendered to Eric Brody,
24all remaining moneys paid to the Guardianship of Eric Brody
25shall be for the sole purpose of the health care and living
26expenses of Eric Brody.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
30     Remove lines 7-12 and insert:
31payment of fees and costs; providing an effective date.


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.