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LWVAL Action Priority Level III - If and when opportunities arise, assess if action is feasible given resources and priorities.Click a bill to see sponsor(s), summary (including link to full text), League action and justification for that action, and progress of the bill through the legislative progress. Inclusion of a bill in this list does not necessarily indicate LWVAL support. The League's position, if any, is noted under League Action & Justification.
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SB 20 - 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
Sponsor(s): Sen. Larry Means
Summary/Synopsis: As would SB 21, this bill would provide funding for social services, specifically the protection of children. It requires that undistributed settlement funds from class action lawsuits go to a fund for the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department.
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 and the timing of such distribution to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
League Action and Justification: LWVAL is monitoring SB 20.
Bill Progress in Legislature: 1st Read: 1/12/10 and assigned to
Summary/Synopsis: As would SB 21, this bill would provide funding for social services, specifically the protection of children. It requires that undistributed settlement funds from class action lawsuits go to a fund for the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department.
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 and the timing of such distribution to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
League Action and Justification: LWVAL is monitoring SB 20.
Bill Progress in Legislature: 1st Read: 1/12/10 and assigned to
SB 21 - Court costs, additional in original divorce cases, distrib. to Court Appointed Special Advocates Fund for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Network, annual report of transactions to Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives
Sponsor(s): Sen. Larry Means
Summary/Synopsis: As would SB 20, this bill would provide funding for social services, specifically the protection of children. It requires that undistributed settlement funds from class action lawsuits go to a fund for the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department. It would also provide for an additional $5 fee to file for divorce, with the money to support a fund for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).
League Action and Justification: LWVAL is monitoring SB 21.
Bill Progress in Legislature: 1st Read: 1/12/10 and assigned to 3/11/2010: 2nd read and placed on calendar; pending 3rd read and favorable from Judiciary.
Summary/Synopsis: As would SB 20, this bill would provide funding for social services, specifically the protection of children. It requires that undistributed settlement funds from class action lawsuits go to a fund for the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department. It would also provide for an additional $5 fee to file for divorce, with the money to support a fund for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).
League Action and Justification: LWVAL is monitoring SB 21.
Bill Progress in Legislature: 1st Read: 1/12/10 and assigned to 3/11/2010: 2nd read and placed on calendar; pending 3rd read and favorable from Judiciary.
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