Bill Amendment: FL S0328 | 2019 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Courts

Status: 2019-05-02 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 337 (Ch. 2019-58) [S0328 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-S0328-Senate_Committee_Amendment_977268.html

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       Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 328
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 369 - 379
    4  and insert:
    5         2. Of all actions at law filed on or after January 1, 2020,
    6  in which the matter in controversy does not exceed the sum of
    7  $50,000, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees,
    8  except:
    9         a. Actions within the exclusive jurisdiction of the circuit
   10  courts; and
   11         b. Actions relating to damages or losses covered by an
   12  insurance policy, including coverage disputes, in which the
   13  matter in controversy exceeds the sum of $25,000, exclusive of
   14  interest, costs, and attorney fees.
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   16  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   17  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   18         Delete lines 57 - 58
   19  and insert:
   20         Section 1. Effective July 1, 2019, section 25.025, Florida
   21  Statutes, is created to read: