No. SB 24
Filed under Local Government.
Relief of Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour by Miami-Dade County; Providing for the relief of Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour by Miami-Dade County; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. and Mrs. Latour for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of Miami-Dade County; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $500,000
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDMiami-Dade County must appropriate $500,000 from unencumbered funds and pay it jointly to Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour as compensation for injuries and damages they sustained.
The act first declares the facts recited in its preamble to be true, legislatively closing off dispute over the underlying events before ordering payment.
The payment is defined as the sole compensation for all present and future claims arising from the same incident, so the Latours cannot pursue a further claim over these injuries later.
Attorney fees connected to the claim are capped at 25 percent of the total amount awarded, though the cap does not mention lobbying fees.
AIRequires Miami-Dade County to appropriate $500,000 from funds not otherwise encumbered and draw a warrant paying Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour as compensation for injuries and damages sustained.
AIBars Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour from bringing any further claim against Miami-Dade County over the same injuries, whether that claim would arise now or later.
AILimits the attorney fees that may be paid in connection with this claim to no more than 25 percent of the $500,000 awarded, leaving the remainder for the Latours.
AILegislatively establishes the account recited in the act's preamble as fact, removing it from further dispute before the payment is ordered.