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H. 4217
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, Kirsh and Wylie
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Introduced in the House on January 12, 2010
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Attorneys
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/17/2009 House Prefiled 11/17/2009 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary 1/12/2010 House Introduced and read first time HJ-33 1/12/2010 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-33
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 15-77-60 SO AS TO RESTRICT AN ATTORNEY, HIS LAW FIRM, AND ANY OF THE LAW FIRM'S ENTITIES OR SUBSIDIARIES FROM REPRESENTING THE STATE FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THE FILING OF A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY OR THE FIRM IS ENGAGED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 77, Title 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 15-77-60. An attorney, his law firm, and any of the law firm's entities or subsidiaries engaged in a civil lawsuit against the State in which the State or a political subdivision of the State is a party defendant in the civil action and incurs attorney's fees in defense of the action, are prohibited from representing the State or any of its political subdivisions in a civil action for a period of three years from the filing of the civil lawsuit against the State."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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