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SB418 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021
SB418 Alabama 2012 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2012
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Cam Ward
Republican
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

Bill Actions

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature