Bill Amendment: FL S1534 | 2024 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Sovereign Immunity
Status: 2024-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 619 [S1534 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S1534-Senate_Committee_Amendment_376374.html
Bill Title: Sovereign Immunity
Status: 2024-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 619 [S1534 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S1534-Senate_Committee_Amendment_376374.html
Florida Senate - 2024 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1534 Ì376374?Î376374 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Judiciary (Bradley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 28 - 49 4 and insert: 5 agentagentsof the Department of Transportation while acting 6 within the scope of the firm’s contract with the Department of 7 Transportation to ensure that the project is constructed in 8 conformity with the project’s plans, specifications, and 9 contract provisions. This paragraph applies to a professional 10 firm in direct contract with the department, as well as any 11 professional firm providing monitoring and inspection services 12 as a consultant to the professional firm that is in direct 13 contract with the department. Any contract with abetweenthe14 professional firm mustand the state, to the extent permitted by 15 law,shallprovide for the indemnification of the department for 16 any liability, including reasonable attorneyattorney’sfees, 17 incurred up to the limits set out in this chapter to the extent 18 caused by the negligence of the firm or its employees. This 19 paragraph mayshallnot be construed as designating persons who 20 provide monitoring and inspection services as employees or 21 agents of the state for purposes of chapter 440. This paragraph 22 is not applicable to the professional firm or its employees if 23 involved in an accident while operating a motor vehicle. This 24 paragraph is not applicable to a firm engaged by the department 25of Transportationfor the design or 26 27 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 28 And the title is amended as follows: 29 Delete lines 3 - 11 30 and insert: 31 768.28, F.S.; revising applicability; requiring that 32 contracts with such firms must, to the extent 33 permitted by law, provide indemnity to the department; 34 making technical changes; providing an