Mike Morrell
- Republican
Author
Under existing law, in any action on a contract based on a book account, as defined, that does not provide for attorney's fees and costs, the prevailing party on the contract is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs, and the court is required to fix the attorney's fees in an amount that does not exceed the lesser of $800 for book accounts that are maintained for personal, family, or household purposes of a natural person, and $1,000 for book accounts that are maintained for all other purposes, or 25% of the principal obligation owing on the contract, as applicable. This bill would increase these maximum attorney's fees to an amount not to exceed the lesser of $960 for book accounts that are maintained for personal, family, or household purposes of a natural person, and $1,200 for book accounts that are maintained for all other purposes, or 25% of the principal obligation owing on the contract, as applicable.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 80, Statutes of 2015.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2178.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1071.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 982.) (May 12).
Set for hearing May 12.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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| SB363 | HTML |
| 02/24/15 - Introduced | |
| 06/30/15 - Enrolled | |
| 07/13/15 - Chaptered |
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