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Senate Judiciary reviews narrow amendment to S.183 to include change orders in contract-fraud language
Summary
Legislative counsel told the Senate Judiciary committee that a small amendment to S.183, recommended by the attorney general’s office, would add “change orders” to contract/agreement language so defendants cannot use later changes as a defense; the committee deferred a vote while staff revise aggregate monetary language.
Legislative counsel told the Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 12 that a single, limited change to S.183 would add the phrase “change orders” to existing contract language so that later alterations cannot be used to evade an intent-to-defraud requirement.
Michelle Channels of the Office of Legislative Council said the attorney general’s office recommended the fix. "The AG's office brought up the... issue of, well, what if there's a change order?" she said, explaining the amendment would treat a…
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