Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1458
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Bogdanoff) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 749 - 757
    4  and insert:
    5  arbitrator.—
    6         (1) If an arbitrator makes a preaward ruling in favor of a
    7  party to the arbitration proceeding, the party may request that
    8  the arbitrator incorporate the ruling into an award under s.
    9  682.12. A prevailing party may make a motion to the court for an
   10  expedited order to confirm the award under s. 682.12, in which
   11  case the court shall summarily decide the motion. The court
   12  shall issue an order to confirm the award unless the court
   13  vacates, modifies, or corrects the award under s. 682.13 or s.
   14  682.14, except as provided in subsection (2).
   15         (2) A party to a provisional remedy award for injunctive or
   16  equitable relief may make a motion to the court seeking to
   17  confirm or vacate the provisional remedy award.
   18         (a) The court shall confirm a provisional remedy award for
   19  injunctive or equitable relief if the award satisfies the legal
   20  standards for awarding a party injunctive or equitable relief.
   21         (b) The court shall vacate a provisional remedy award for
   22  injunctive or equitable relief which fails to satisfy the legal
   23  standards for awarding a party injunctive or equitable relief.