HB558 Alabama 2012 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Richard Lindsey

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

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

Description

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 to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and the timing of such distribution

Relating to the distribution of excess funds created pursuant to a class action lawsuit filed in Alabama; to provide that all settlements or orders entering judgment in a class action lawsuit filed in Alabama and governed by Alabama law that result 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 to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and the timing of such distribution.

Subjects

Civil Procedure

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 9, 2012		Indefinitely Postponed
April 5, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
March 15, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Bill Text

Download HB558 Alabama 2012 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type	Link
Bill Text	HB558 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced