Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7098
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/18/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hooper) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 637 - 678
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 5. Subsection (4) of section 250.34, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         250.34 Injury or death on state active duty.—
    8         (4) Each member of the Florida National Guard who is
    9  killed, or who dies as the result of injuries incurred, while on
   10  state active duty under competent orders and while engaged in
   11  the performance of the member’s official duties qualifies for
   12  benefits as a law enforcement officer under ss. pursuant to s.
   13  112.19 and 112.1912 or any successor statute providing for death
   14  benefits for law enforcement officers, and the decedent’s
   15  survivors or estate are entitled to the death benefits provided
   16  in ss. s. 112.19 and 112.1912. However, this section does not
   17  prohibit survivors or the estate of the decedent from presenting
   18  a claim bill for approval by the Legislature in addition to the
   19  death benefits provided in this section. Each member of the
   20  Florida National Guard who is killed, or who dies as the result
   21  of injuries incurred, while on active duty qualifies for
   22  benefits as a member of the United States Armed Forces under s.
   23  295.061, and the decedent’s survivors or estate are entitled to
   24  the death benefits provided in s. 295.061.
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 34 - 39
   29  and insert:
   30         reenacting and amending s. 295.01, F.S.;