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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 19, 1995
Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to revise provisions under which the court may enter an order requiring the Corporation to pay an opposing party's costs and legal fees. Authorizes the court to enter such an order upon finding that: (1) a recipient, in providing legal assistance under the Act, commenced an action, or filed a pleading, written motion, or other document for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation; or (2) the action of the eligible client was frivolous or without legal foundation and not warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law.
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Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] · R–CO
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15341-15342)
Introduced in Senate
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