This bill provides for the financial relief of Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour due to injuries sustained by Mrs. Latour from a malfunctioning automatic gate arm in Miami-Dade County. The bill acknowledges that the county was found 100 percent liable for the incident, which resulted in a jury awarding Mrs. Latour $4.75 million and Mr. Latour $165,000 for loss of consortium. Following the trial, a settlement was reached where Miami-Dade County agreed to pay a total of $800,000, with $300,000 already paid and the remaining $500,000 to be appropriated through this bill.

The bill includes several key provisions: it declares the facts in the preamble to be true, authorizes Miami-Dade County to appropriate $500,000 for the Latours as compensation, and stipulates that this amount, along with any payments made under Florida Statutes, will serve as the sole compensation for all claims related to the incident. Additionally, it limits attorney fees to a maximum of 25 percent of the total amount awarded under the act. The bill is set to take effect upon becoming law.