Florida Senate - 2012                       (NP)    CS for SB 44
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Rules; and Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       595-04179-12                                            201244c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act for the relief of Irving Hoffman and Marjorie
    3         Weiss, parents of Rachel Hoffman, deceased,
    4         individually and as co-personal representatives of the
    5         Estate of Rachel Hoffman, by the City of Tallahassee;
    6         providing for an appropriation to compensate them for
    7         the wrongful death of their daughter, Rachel Hoffman,
    8         who was murdered while serving as a confidential
    9         informant for the Tallahassee Police Department;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11  
   12         WHEREAS, Rachel Hoffman served as a confidential informant
   13  for the Tallahassee Police Department in May 2008, and
   14         WHEREAS, Rachel Hoffman was murdered by Andrea Green and
   15  Deneilo Bradshaw during a drug sting operation, and
   16         WHEREAS, Andrea Green and Deneilo Bradshaw are both serving
   17  life sentences for the murder of Rachel Hoffman, and
   18         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee recognizes that it must
   19  always be accountable for its conduct, and acknowledges that
   20  mistakes were made and policies were violated in this case and
   21  that the life of Rachel Hoffman was tragically lost, and
   22         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee expresses its deepest
   23  sorrow for the loss of Rachel Hoffman, and
   24         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee offers its most sincere
   25  condolences to the parents of Rachel Hoffman, Marjorie Weiss and
   26  Irving Hoffman, and
   27         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee has agreed to pay Irving
   28  Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss a total of $2.6 million, and
   29         WHEREAS, the City of Tallahassee has already paid a total
   30  of $200,000 to Irving Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss, NOW,
   31  THEREFORE,
   32  
   33  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   34  
   35         Section 1. The facts stated in the preamble to this act are
   36  found and declared to be true.
   37         Section 2. The City of Tallahassee is authorized and
   38  directed to appropriate from funds of the city not otherwise
   39  encumbered and to draw a warrant in the sum of $2.4 million,
   40  payable to Irving Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss, as compensation
   41  for injuries and damages sustained due to the murder of their
   42  daughter, Rachel Hoffman.
   43         Section 3. The amount awarded under this act is intended to
   44  provide the sole compensation for all present and future claims
   45  arising out of the factual situation described in this act which
   46  resulted in the death of Rachel Hoffman.
   47         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.