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CS/SB 1726: Award of Attorney's Fees/Settlement Offers [EPCC]

GENERAL BILL by Commerce ; Baker

Award of Attorney's Fees/Settlement Offers [EPCC]; amends provision re attorney's fees & sanctions for raising unsupported claims or defenses; provides entitlement to fees & requires compliance with filing provisions; allows offers to be made by or to any party or parties; requires joint proposals to state amount & terms attributable to each party; provides for specified retroactive applicability, etc. Amends 57.105, 768.79.

Effective Date: 07/01/2007
 Last Action: 5/4/2007 Senate - Died in Committee on Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/20/2007 Senate • Filed
    3/7/2007 Senate • Introduced, referred to Commerce; Judiciary -SJ 00113
    3/15/2007 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce, 03/20/07, 9:30 am, 401-S
    3/20/2007 Senate • CS by Commerce; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00236; CS read 1st time on 03/22/07 -SJ 00240
    3/22/2007 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2); Now in Judiciary -SJ 00236
    5/4/2007 Senate • Died in Committee on Judiciary

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  • CS/SB 1726, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/22/2007 at 10:56 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce (Post-Meeting) 3/22/2007 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 813 (c1) Award of Attorney's Fees Williams Similar Last Action: 5/4/2007 S Died in Messages
    Location:
    H 437 Offers of Settlement/Defendant Brown Compare Last Action: 5/4/2007 H Died in Safety & Security Council
    Location:

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    57.105 Attorney's fee; sanctions for raising unsupported claims or defenses; service of motions; damages for delay of litigation.
    768.79 Offer of judgment and demand for judgment.

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  • SB 1726, Original Filed Version Posted 2/20/2007 at 8:29 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    545448 - Amendment
    		Commerce
    (Oelrich)     		3/19/2007
    10:00 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/20/2007     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/20/2007 9:30 AM Commerce 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    768.79 Offer of judgment and demand for judgment.

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