| 1 | Representative Fetterman offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 158-213 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. The facts stated in the preamble to this act |
| 6 | are found and declared to be true. |
| 7 | Section 2. The Sheriff of Broward County is authorized and |
| 8 | directed to appropriate from funds of the Broward County |
| 9 | Sheriff's Office not otherwise appropriated and to draw a |
| 10 | warrant payable to Eric Brody and his legal guardians in the sum |
| 11 | of $7,000,000 as compensation for injuries and damages |
| 12 | sustained. |
| 13 | Section 3. Any amount awarded under this act pursuant to |
| 14 | the waiver of sovereign immunity permitted under s. 768.28, |
| 15 | Florida Statutes, is intended to provide the sole compensation |
| 16 | for all claims against the Broward County Sheriff's Office |
| 17 | arising out of the facts described in the preamble to this act |
| 18 | which resulted in the injuries to Eric Brody. Upon payment by |
| 19 | the Broward County Sheriff's Office of the sum specified in |
| 20 | section 2, the legal guardians of Eric Brody shall execute a |
| 21 | complete satisfaction and release of their final judgment and |
| 22 | costs judgment against the Broward County Sheriff's Office. |
| 23 | Section 4. The total amount of attorney's fees, lobbying |
| 24 | fees, costs, and other similar expenses relating to this claim |
| 25 | is to be paid only to the claimant's currently retained |
| 26 | attorneys and lobbyists and may not exceed 25 percent of the |
| 27 | total amount awarded under section 2. |
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| 33 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 34 | Remove lines 151-154 and insert: |
| 35 | WHEREAS, it is in the interest of Eric Brody, his legal |
| 36 | guardians, and the Broward County Sheriff's Office to reach a |
| 37 | final resolution of all claims arising out of Eric Brody's |
| 38 | injury, and |
| 39 | WHEREAS, the Broward County Sheriff's Office's insurer, |
| 40 | Ranger Insurance Company, has agreed to pay $7,000,000 on behalf |
| 41 | of the Broward County Sheriff's Office to Eric Brody and his |
| 42 | legal guardians as the sole compensation for all claims against |
| 43 | the Broward County Sheriff's Office arising out of the facts |
| 44 | described in the preamble to this act which resulted in the |
| 45 | injuries to Eric Brody, and |
| 46 | WHEREAS, the Broward County Sheriff's Office requests that |
| 47 | the Legislature authorize the payment of $7,000,000 to Eric |
| 48 | Brody and his legal guardians through the submission of a claim |
| 49 | bill to the Legislature, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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