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January 2011 Special Session
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 19,
TO SENATE BILL 1
January 18, 2011 - Offered by Senators Miller and Taylor.
SB1-SA19,1,11 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
SB1-SA19,1,2 21. Page 28, line 5: after "907.02 (1)" insert "or 907.025 (1)".
SB1-SA19,1,3 32. Page 28, line 6: delete lines 6 to 17 and substitute:
SB1-SA19,1,5 4" Section 34m. 907.02 of the statutes is renumbered 907.02 (1) and amended
5to read:
SB1-SA19,1,126 907.02 (1) If Except as provided in s. 907.025, if scientific, technical, or other
7specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to
8determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill,
9experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or
10otherwise, if the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, the testimony is the
11product of reliable principles and methods, and the witness has applied the
12principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case
.".
SB1-SA19,1,13 133. Page 28, line 22: after that line insert:
SB1-SA19,2,1
1" Section 37m. 907.025 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1-SA19,2,7 2907.025 Testimony by experts; certain witnesses. (1) If scientific,
3technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand
4the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness who is a social worker or who
5is a sexual assault nurse examiner and who is qualified as an expert by knowledge,
6skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion
7or otherwise.
SB1-SA19,2,11 8(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the testimony of an expert witness may not be
9admitted if the expert witness is entitled to receive any compensation contingent on
10the outcome of any claim or case with respect to which the testimony is being
11offered.".
SB1-SA19,2,13 124. Page 30, line 25: delete "and 907.02 (1) (a), (b), and (c) and (2)" and
13substitute "907.02 (2), and 907.025".
SB1-SA19,2,1414 (End)
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