Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 286
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  03/14/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Soto) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 43 - 47
    4  and insert:
    5  liability insurance required under the contract;
    6         (e) Any damages are solely economic in nature and the
    7  damages do not extend to personal injuries or property not
    8  subject to the contract; and
    9         (f) The business entity or its insurer pays the entire
   10  amount of any judgment due to breach of the professional
   11  services contract or resulting from negligence occurring within
   12  the course and scope of the professional services contract.
   13         (2) Upon an action being filed against a business entity
   14  for breach of, or negligence occurring within the course and
   15  scope of, a professional services contract, the statute of
   16  limitations for filing an action against a design professional
   17  who is an employee or agent of the business entity is tolled
   18  until a final judgment is entered in favor of the business
   19  entity, full payment of a judgment entered against the business
   20  entity is made, or such case is dismissed.
   21         (3) As used in this section, the term “business entity”
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   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Between lines 9 and 10
   26  insert:
   27         providing for tolling of a statute of limitations;