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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1659

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Judiciary offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, line 30, of the bill

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17         (5)  Except when a trustee's interest may be adverse in

18  a particular matter, the attorney shall give reasonable notice

19  in writing to the trustee of the attorney's retention by an

20  interested person and the attorney's entitlement to fees

21  pursuant to this section.  A court may reduce any fee award

22  for services rendered by the attorney prior to the date of

23  actual notice to the trustee, if the actual notice date is

24  later than a date of reasonable notice.  In exercising this

25  discretion, the court may exclude compensation for services

26  rendered after the reasonable notice date but prior to the

27  date of actual notice.

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31  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1659

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)





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