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IN HB1473

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/18/2017

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Porter

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $350,000 from the state general fund to the attorney general for payment to Keith Cooper
  • Payment is conditional on Keith Cooper executing a document waiving any civil claims against the state based on or connected with his imprisonment
  • Money is characterized as humanitarian consideration, not damages
  • Appropriation reverts to the state general fund if Keith Cooper does not execute the waiver document before July 1, 2018
  • Section expires July 1, 2018, with an effective date of July 1, 2017

Legislative Description

Relief for exonerated individual. Appropriates $350,000 to the attorney general for payment to Keith Cooper (Cooper), on condition that Cooper execute a document waiving civil claims against the state related to his imprisonment.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

1/18/2017

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means1/18/2017

Full Bill Text

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