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Record Group Number: 000920
Series/Collection Number: .R HCLA
Creator: Florida. Legislature.  --House of Representatives.  --Committee on Claims.
Title, Dates: Committee records, 1969-1996, 1999-2006.
Amount: 96.75 cubic ft.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1968, the House Committee on Claims (1968-1972; 1976-1978; 1984-1996; 1999-2006) became a standing committee with a permanent staff under the provisions of Ch. 68-35, Laws. The Committee reviews all claims or relief bills.
    In accordance with the State Constitution (Article X, Section 13, 1968), the state and its agencies and subdivisions are liable for tort claims. When a judgment in excess of an amount specified by law is rendered, these amounts must be reported to the legislature, and may be paid only by an act of the legislature, F.S. 768.28(5). Relief bills are requests for appropriations to compensate claimants for personal injury or property damage based on excessive judgment claims or equitable claims filed without an underlying excess judgment.


Summary:     This series contains the records of the House Committee on Claims (1969-1972, 1977-1978, 1985-1996, 1999-2006), the Select Committee on the Pitts-Lee Claims Bill (1979), and the Select Committee on Claims (1979-1980, 1984-1988).

    Relief bills were assigned to Retirement, Personnel, and Claims from 1973-1976 and to Judiciary from 1979-1984.
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Subject Access Fields: Government liability Florida
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Added Entries Florida. Legislature.  --House of Representatives.  --Committee on Retirement, Personnel, and Claims.