SB35 Alabama 2011 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Cam Ward

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Class action lawsuits filed in Alabama, plan for undistributed funds to be distributed to Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department if class members cannot be located, or if distribution to class is not economically feasible, or if class members do not make a claim to the class funds

Description

This bill would provide that all settlements or orders entering judgment in a class action lawsuit filed in Alabama and governed by Alabama law that results in the creation of a common fund for the benefit of a class shall establish a plan for determining the distribution of the residual remaining funds and the timing of such distribution to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

Relating to the distribution of excess funds created pursuant to a class action lawsuit filed in Alabama; to provide that all settlements or orders entering judgment in a class action lawsuit filed in Alabama and governed by Alabama law that result in the creation of a common fund for the benefit of a class shall establish a plan for determining the distribution of the residual remaining funds and the timing of such distribution to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.

Subjects

Civil Procedure

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
June 1, 2011		Pending third reading on day 16 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 substitute
June 1, 2011		Indefinitely Postponed
April 14, 2011		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
March 1, 2011		Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Download SB35 Alabama 2011 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type	Link
Bill Text	SB35 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced