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MO SB1104
Bill
Status
2/29/2016
Primary Sponsor
Kurt Schaefer
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AI Summary
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Settlement decisions for claims against public institutions awarding baccalaureate degrees are reserved exclusively to the attorney general's discretion, even when the institution's own legal counsel handles the investigation and defense
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No payments from the state legal expense fund for claims against these institutions can be made without attorney general approval
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Department of Conservation and Department of Transportation must reimburse the state legal expense fund for any payments made on their behalf from their own department funds
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Entities and individuals protected by the fund must cooperate with attorneys on investigations, settlements, and trials, or risk losing fund coverage for claims and judgments against them
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Attorney general may take over handling claims against any baccalaureate-degree institution whose governing body has declared a state of financial exigency
Legislative Description
Modifies provisions of law regarding claims against public higher education institutions covered by the State Legal Expense Fund
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
3/3/2016