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State of South Dakota
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SEVENTY-SECOND
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 1997 |
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SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
ENGROSSED
NO.
HB1272
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2/25/97
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| Introduced by: The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Governor |
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to provide a civil cause of action for barratry and to
institute a procedure for the assertion of a claim of barratry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. Barratry is the assertion of a frivolous or malicious claim or defense by a party in a civil action under Title 15. Barratry constitutes a cause of action which may be asserted by filing a pleading in the same civil action in which the claim of barratry arises. A claim of barratry shall be determined in the same manner as any other substantive cause of action asserted in that civil action.
BILL HISTORY
2/4/97 First read in House and referred to State Affairs. H.J. 298
2/14/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/14/97 State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, AYES 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 482
2/15/97 Deferred to another day. H.J. 522
2/18/97 Deferred to another day. H.J. 553
2/19/97 Motion to Amend, Passed. H.J. 578
2/19/97 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 50, NAYS 17. H.J. 578
2/20/97 First read in Senate and referred to State Affairs. S.J. 573
2/24/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/24/97 State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 594
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. Barratry is the assertion of a frivolous or malicious claim or defense by a party in a civil action under Title 15. Barratry constitutes a cause of action which may be asserted by filing a pleading in the same civil action in which the claim of barratry arises. A claim of barratry shall be determined in the same manner as any other substantive cause of action asserted in that civil action.
BILL HISTORY
2/4/97 First read in House and referred to State Affairs. H.J. 298
2/14/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/14/97 State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, AYES 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 482
2/15/97 Deferred to another day. H.J. 522
2/18/97 Deferred to another day. H.J. 553
2/19/97 Motion to Amend, Passed. H.J. 578
2/19/97 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 50, NAYS 17. H.J. 578
2/20/97 First read in Senate and referred to State Affairs. S.J. 573
2/24/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/24/97 State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 594
