HB678 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Todd Greeson
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Allen Farley Paul Beckman Wayne Johnson Mary Sue McClurkin Ron Johnson Arthur Payne Allen Treadaway Howard Sanderford Paul DeMarco Mike Ball Jim Carns
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Attorney General, state litigation, contingency fee contracts with private attorneys, regulated, Transparency in Private Attorney Contracts Act, Sec. 41-16-72 am'd
Description: Under existing law, attorneys retained to represent the state in litigation are required to be appointed by the Attorney General in consultation with the Governor. Existing law does not regulate the state agencies entering into a contingency fee contract with an attorney in private practice.
This bill would regulate state agencies entering contingency fee contracts with private attorneys representing the state in litigation.
Subjects: Attorney General

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary