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Attorney General seeks new restitution account and major operating increase; committee ties on re-referral and lays bill over
Summary
House File 2,846 would create a consumer protection restitution account to hold recovered funds for return to harmed consumers and requests significant ongoing funding increases and new staff for the Attorney General's Office. The committee produced a 7–7 tie on a motion to send the bill to Ways and Means; the motion failed and the bill was laid
House File 2,846, the Attorney General’s budget bill, was presented on March 27. The proposal would create a Consumer Protection Restitution Account to receive funds recovered in litigation or settlement and to make restitution payments to consumers who have not otherwise been compensated; once the account reaches a $2 million balance any remaining recovered funds would transfer to the general fund, the author told the committee. The bill also accompanies a multi-year budget request from the Attorney General’s Office for one-time improvements and ongoing operating…
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