Bill Text: HI HB1196 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Attorney's Fees; Workers' Compensation Claims
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB1196 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1196-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to workers' compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 386-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) If the director of labor and industrial relations, appellate board, or any court finds that proceedings under this chapter have been brought, prosecuted, or defended without reasonable ground, the whole costs of the proceedings and reasonable attorney's fees may be assessed against the party who has so brought, prosecuted, or defended the proceedings."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Attorney's Fees; Workers' Compensation Claims
Description:
Authorizes the assessment of reasonable attorney's fees to be levied on a party who brings, prosecutes, or defends a workers' compensation claim without reasonable grounds.
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