| 1 | Representatives Berfield and Gannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 29, between lines 20 and 21, |
| 5 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 7 | and insert: |
| 8 | Section 11. Subsection (7) of section 440.16, Florida |
| 9 | Statutes, is repealed: |
| 10 | 440.16 Compensation for death.-- |
| 11 | (7) Compensation under this chapter to aliens not |
| 12 | residents (or about to become nonresidents) of the United States |
| 13 | or Canada shall be the same in amount as provided for residents, |
| 14 | except that dependents in any foreign country shall be limited |
| 15 | to surviving spouse and child or children, or if there be no |
| 16 | surviving spouse or child or children, to surviving father or |
| 17 | mother whom the employee has supported, either wholly or in |
| 18 | part, for the period of 1 year prior to the date of the injury, |
| 19 | and except that the judge of compensation claims may, at the |
| 20 | option of the judge of compensation claims, or upon the |
| 21 | application of the insurance carrier, commute all future |
| 22 | installments of compensation to be paid to such aliens by paying |
| 23 | or causing to be paid to them one-half of the commuted amount of |
| 24 | such future installments of compensation as determined by the |
| 25 | judge of compensation claims, and provided further that |
| 26 | compensation to dependents referred to in this subsection shall |
| 27 | in no case exceed $75,000. |
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| 29 | On page 1, line 31, |
| 30 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 32 | and insert: |
| 33 | cross references; repealing s. 440.15(7), F.S., relating to |
| 34 | payment of workers' compensation benefits to dependents for the |
| 35 | death of a nonresident alien; amending s. 440.20, F.S.; |