No. HB 6519
Filed under Local Government.
Relief/Sean Hurley/Orange County Sheriff's Office; Provides for appropriation to compensate Sean Hurley for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Orange County Sheriff's Office; provides limitation on payment of compensation & attorney fees. CLAIM: Indeterminate
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Orange County Sheriff's Office must appropriate $20,721,629.23, plus interest, and pay it to Sean Hurley as compensation for injuries and damages sustained due to the office's own negligence.
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 Hurley 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 the Orange County Sheriff's Office to appropriate from county funds not otherwise appropriated or encumbered and draw a warrant for $20,721,629.23, plus interest, payable to Sean Hurley as compensation for his injuries.
AIBars Sean Hurley from bringing any further claim against the Orange County Sheriff's Office over the same injuries, whether that claim would arise now or later.
AIThe act itself attributes Hurley's injuries and damages to the negligence of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, an explicit finding written into the operative text ordering payment.
AILimits the attorney fees that may be paid in connection with this claim to no more than 25 percent of the total amount awarded, leaving the remainder for Hurley.
AILegislatively establishes the account recited in the act's preamble as fact, removing it from further dispute before the payment is ordered.