SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1188
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 103948
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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14         On page 59, lines 6-16, delete those lines
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16  and insert:  on a reasonable hourly rate, in those cases set
17  forth in s. 440.34(3)(a) and (b), if, in her or his judgment,
18  the judge of compensation claims expressly finds that the
19  attorney's fees based on benefits secured fails to fairly
20  compensate the attorney and that the circumstances of the
21  particular case warrant such action. Such fees shall be
22  allowed for any petition for benefits that were ripe, due, and
23  owing and should have been raised in such petition under this
24  paragraph. Any fees are waived on any other benefits which
25  were not raised and which were ripe, due, and owing at the
26  time the issues are resolved. In those cases set forth in s.
27  440.34(3)(c), the judge of compensation claims may approve an
28  attorney's fee, based on a reasonable hourly rate, if the
29  judge of compensation claims expressly finds that the
30  attorney's fee, based on benefits secured, fails to fairly
31  compensate the attorney and that the circumstances of the
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1188
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 103948
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