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Sponsor(s): Sen. Larry MeansSummary/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
Sponsor(s): Sen. Larry MeansSummary/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.