Bill Title: Authorizes the imposition of monetary sanctions in any civil action or proceeding upon a written finding of the court that a party or attorney has brought a claim or employed procedures entirely without merit and in bad faith; authorizes an additional interest at 150% of the legal rate in cases where frivolous delaying tactics had been interposed to avoid entry of a money judgment; requires notice be given of the courts view that sanctions may be called for prior to imposition of sanctions; provides for appellate review of order granting sanctions; provides that an action shall not be deemed frivolous solely because a novel or unusual argument or principle of law was advanced.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00345 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Carl Kruger [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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