HB 3521 Summary

• Authorizes the District School Board of Sumter County to pay Donald Brown $1,400,000 total as compensation for injuries sustained in an October 18, 2004 school bus accident caused by negligent operation of a school bus by employee Patsy C. Foxworth

• Payment structure includes $900,000 warrant plus $50,000 annual payments by July 1 each year from 2014 through 2023

• Limits attorney fees, lobbying fees, and related costs to 15 percent of the first $1,000,000 awarded and 10 percent of the remainder, totaling maximum $190,000, with additional taxable costs from the underlying civil action permitted separately

• Establishes the $1,400,000 appropriation as sole and exclusive compensation for all present and future claims arising from the accident that resulted in Brown's right leg amputation below the knee

• Takes effect upon becoming law