HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                                        Bill No. HB 4233

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Stafford offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 9.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section

18  960.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         960.13  Awards.--

20         (9)(a)  An award may not exceed $10,000 for treatment

21  or a total of $15,000 for all compensable cost or losses,

22  unless the department makes a written finding that a crime

23  directly caused major medical expenses or catastrophic

24  economic losses to a victim. However, awards for treatment may

25  not exceed $10,000.  The department may adopt rules that, by

26  rule adopted pursuant to chapter 120, establish criteria

27  governing awards for major medical expenses and catastrophic

28  economic losses and may adopt rules that establish limits

29  below $15,000 for awards for particular types of costs or

30  losses. Any application filed on or after October 1, 1996,

31  shall be governed under this section.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                                        Bill No. HB 4233

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 960.13, F.S.; limiting crimes

 7         compensation awards under certain

 8         circumstances; authorizing the Department of

 9         Legal Affairs to adopt certain rules;

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