SB78 Alabama 2015 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Gerald O. Dial

Session

Regular Session 2015

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

<p class="bill_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 to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and the timing of such distribution</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> 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 to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and the timing of such distribution. </p>

Subjects

Civil Procedure

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
June 3, 2015	S	Indefinitely Postponed
April 28, 2015	S	Finance and Taxation General Fund first Amendment Offered
April 28, 2015	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
March 3, 2015	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

Bill Calendar

Type	Date	Location	Description
Hearing	April 22, 2015	Room 727 2nd REVISION at 09:30	Senate F&TG Hearing
Hearing	April 22, 2015	Room 727 at 09:30	Senate F&TG Hearing

Bill Text

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Bill Documents