STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1036

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senators SINGER and CARDINALE)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 19, 1996

      S-1036 would allow any person mistakenly convicted and imprisoned to bring an action for damages against the State. These amendments would provide the amount of damages awarded under the bill could not exceed twice the amount of the claimant's income in the year prior to his incarceration or $20,000.00 for each year of incarceration, whichever is greater.