Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1060
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/02/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Bradley) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 15 - 29
    4  and insert:
    5         engineering or architectural services.—
    6         (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “structures
    7  specialist” means a person who has been trained by, and holds a
    8  current certification from, the United States Army Corps of
    9  Engineers as a structures specialist.
   10         (2) An engineer as defined in s. 471.005, an architect as
   11  defined in s. 481.203, or a structures specialist, and any
   12  qualified business organization of such person, who voluntarily
   13  provides engineering or architectural services related to a
   14  declared federal, state, or local emergency may not be held
   15  liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage,
   16  or other economic loss related to his or her acts or omissions
   17  in the performance of his or her services, unless the act or
   18  omission constituted gross negligence or willful
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   20  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete lines 3 - 7
   23  and insert:
   24         voluntary engineering or architectural services;
   25         creating s. 768.38, F.S.; defining the term
   26         “structures specialist”; exempting engineers,
   27         architects, and structures specialists from liability
   28         for certain voluntary engineering or architectural
   29         services under certain circumstances;