1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2553, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 2, delete lines 20 to 32 and insert:
1.3    "Subdivision 1. Administration. (a) If the legislature appropriates money for the
1.4purpose of compensating survivors of a catastrophe, survivors may file claims for relief
1.5from the fund with the Office of Administrative Hearings.
1.6    (b) The Chief Administrative Law Judge may appoint an administrative law judge
1.7or a compensation judge to review a claim form submitted by a catastrophe survivor, as
1.8provided in this section."
1.9Page 2, line 33, delete "special master" and insert "Office of Administrative
1.10Hearings"
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1.14    "(b) The Chief Administrative Law Judge must prescribe a claim form. The form
1.15must require a survivor to provide information sufficient for the judge to determine the
1.16amount of loss resulting from the catastrophe and the amount of compensation for the loss
1.17the survivor has received or may receive from another source. Following the receipt of
1.18a completed form, a judge appointed to review the form may also establish an informal
1.19fact-finding conference regarding the survivor's claim."
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2.3Page 3, line 34, delete "special master" and insert "Chief Administrative Law Judge"
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2.8Page 5, line 23, delete "special master" and insert "Office of Administrative
2.9Hearings"
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2.11Hearings"
2.12Page 6, delete lines 9 and 10, and re-letter subsequent paragraphs