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Judiciary committee adopts amendment to SB 242 and advances substitute for House Bill 228 tightening oversight of contingency-fee legal contracts
Summary
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee adopted a package of amendments to Senate Bill 242 that require political subdivisions to hold public meetings and to submit contingency-fee legal contracts to the Attorney General for review, and then advanced the amended language into House Bill 228 by substitution.
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee adopted a comprehensive amendment to Senate Bill 242 and then moved the amended language into House Bill 228 by substitution, recommending the substitute favorably.
The reviser summarized the amendment as requiring a political subdivision to hold an open meeting to discuss entering a contingency-fee contract for legal services and to disclose the reasons for pursuing the matter and the qualifications, experience and competence of any attorney or firm selected or being considered. The amendment adds agenda and notice clarifications, requires findings on the record that either there is a substantial need for the services or contracting is in the best interest of residents, and narrows the circumstances…
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