Amendment
Bill No. 0013C
Amendment No. 611257
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Ambler offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (149765) (with title amendment)
4Remove line(s) 2214 and insert:
5subsection (10). A court may not apply a fee multiplier under
6this subsection unless the court finds from the record that the
7attorney undertook representation of the case on a contingent
8"no recovery--no attorney fee" basis, that at the outset of the
9case the relevant market required a contingency fee multiplier
10to obtain competent counsel for the case, and that the attorney
11was unable to mitigate the risk of nonpayment in any other way.
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13======== T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ========
14     Remove line(s) 2464-2465 and insert:
15statements; requiring specified findings for award of
16an attorney fee contingency fee multiplier; extending
17the period


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