No. HB 6521
Filed under Local Government.
Relief/Jose Correa/Miami-Dade County; Provides relief of Jose Correa; provides appropriation to compensate Jose Correa for injuries sustained as result of negligence of employee of Miami-Dade County; provides limitation on payment of compensation & certain fees. CLAIM: $4,100,000
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDMiami-Dade County must appropriate $4.1 million from unencumbered funds and pay it to Jose Correa as compensation for injuries and damages he sustained, on top of a separate $200,000 the county already paid.
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 Correa cannot pursue a further claim over these injuries later.
Attorney fees and lobbying fees connected to the claim are capped together at 25 percent of the total amount awarded.
AIRequires Miami-Dade County to appropriate $4.1 million from funds not otherwise encumbered and draw a warrant paying Jose Correa as compensation for injuries and damages sustained.
AIBars Jose Correa from bringing any further claim against Miami-Dade County over the same injuries, whether that claim would arise now or later.
AILimits attorney fees and lobbying fees paid in connection with this claim, combined, to no more than 25 percent of the $4.1 million awarded.
AILegislatively establishes the account recited in the act's preamble as fact, removing it from further dispute before the payment is ordered.