Elgie Sims
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 17
Primary
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Deletes language regarding the amount a court shall award to a person for time unjustly served in prison when the person imprisoned received a pardon on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence. Provides instead that the court shall award $50,000 per year during which the person was wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate that amount for a fraction of a year that the person was wrongfully imprisoned, including the number of years the person was awaiting trial. Provides that the court shall award attorney's fees in an amount not to exceed 25% of the award granted. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to all claims pending or filed on or after the effective date.
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Session Sine Die
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Appropriations
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Appropriations- General Services
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
To Appropriations- General Services
Assigned to Appropriations
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
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| Senate Amendment 001 | HTML PDF |
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