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 WardRepublican- 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