Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 1355, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/07/2012 01:47 PM       .                                
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       Senator Thrasher moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 973 and 974
    4  insert:
    5         Section 18. For purposes of clarification of Legislative
    6  intent, section 4 of chapter 2009-244, Laws of Florida, is
    7  amended to read:
    8         Section 4. (1) This award, appropriated up to a grand total
    9  of $9.5 million, is intended to provide the sole compensation
   10  for all present and future claims arising out of the factual
   11  situation described in this act which resulted in the injury to
   12  Jorge and Debbie Garcia-Bengochea and their adopted sons, Brian,
   13  Matthew, and James Garcia-Bengochea.
   14         (2) The total amount paid for attorney attorney’s fees and
   15  lobbying fees are to be paid exclusively to the attorneys and
   16  lobbyists currently retained by the claimants and registered
   17  pursuant to s. 11.045, Florida Statutes, and no other attorneys
   18  and lobbyists. The total amount paid for attorney’s fees,
   19  lobbying fees, costs, and other similar expenses relating to
   20  this claim may not exceed 25 percent of each annual payment
   21  awarded pursuant to this act. Further, no more than 25 percent
   22  of each annual payment may be used to pay attorney’s fees,
   23  lobbying fees, costs, and other similar expenses relating to
   24  this claim.
   25         Section 19. The provisions of section 18 of this act are
   26  remedial.
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 62
   31  and insert:
   32         modified definition of the term “crime”; amending
   33         section 4 of chapter 2009-244, Laws of Florida,
   34         relating to the relief of Jorge and Debbie Garcia-
   35         Bengochea and their adoptive children, Brian, Matthew,
   36         and James, by the Department of Children and Family
   37         Services; clarifying legislative intent regarding the
   38         payment of fees to attorneys and lobbyists; providing
   39         that the changes are remedial; providing an