West Virginia House Bill 2091 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-16 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create the False Claims Act. It provides for qui tam proceedings (which are lawsuits brought by private citizens against a person or company who is believed to have violated the law in performance of a contract with the government or in violation of a government regulation, when there is a statute which provides for a penalty for the violations. These proceedings are brought for the state as well as the plaintiff).The bill sets forth prohibited acts, damages, costs and civil penalties. The bill places limitations on damages and sets out the responsibilities of the Attorney General. The bill provides for civil actions by private persons and rights of parties to qui tam proceedings, including awards to qui tam plaintiffs. The bill bars certain civil actions and provides that the state is not liable for the expenses of private litigants. The bill provides for a private action for retaliatory conduct; it contains a limitation of actions. The bill provides for retroactive application and state intervention in action by private person. The bill provides for estoppel of defenses in certain situations. The bill establishes jurisdiction and venue, and provides for nonexclusivity of action and provides for liberality of construction.

False Claims Act

Del. Timothy Manchin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-16	House	To House Judiciary
2015-01-16	House	Introduced in House
2015-01-16	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2015-01-16	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
14	4	1	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	2	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	3	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	4	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	5	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	6	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	7	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	8	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	9	New Code	See Bill Text
9	7	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2091&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2091%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2091