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3 | 3 | LCO No. 395 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5124 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 395 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT INCREASING THE COUNSEL FEES PENALTY FOR FILING | |
19 | 19 | AN UNREASONABLE AND UNTRUE PLEADING IN A CIVIL ACTION. | |
20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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23 | 23 | That section 52-99 of the general statutes be amended to increase the 1 | |
24 | 24 | counsel fees penalty that may be taxed by the court against a party who 2 | |
25 | 25 | files an unreasonable and untrue pleading from ten dollars to five 3 | |
26 | 26 | hundred dollars. 4 | |
27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
28 | 28 | To increase the penalty for making untrue allegations without | |
29 | 29 | reasonable cause in an amount that is consistent with the provisions of | |
30 | 30 | the Connecticut Practice Book. |