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State of South Dakota
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SEVENTY-SIXTH
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2001 |
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HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ENGROSSED
NO.
HB 1278
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02/15/2001
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| Introduced by: The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Governor |
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise the definition of barratry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 20-9-6.1 be amended to read as follows:
20-9-6.1. Barratry is the assertion of a frivolous or malicious claim or defense or the filing of any document with malice or in bad faith 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 or in a subsequent action. A claim of barratry shall be
determined in the same manner as any other substantive cause of action asserted in that civil
action.
450 copies of this document were printed by the South Dakota
Legislative Research Council at a cost of $.021 per page. . Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.
Deletions from existing statutes are indicated byoverstrikes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 20-9-6.1 be amended to read as follows:
20-9-6.1. Barratry is the assertion of a frivolous or malicious claim or defense or the filing of any document with malice or in bad faith by a party in a civil action
Legislative Research Council at a cost of $.021 per page. . Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.
Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by
