71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 2411
 
                         House Bill 2865
 
Sponsored by Representative ZAUNER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
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measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Provides that court in civil action may not make award of
attorney fees to public body that exceeds actual cost of legal
services.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to awards of attorney fees to public bodies.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Notwithstanding ORS 20.075 or any other
provision of law, a court, in any civil action, may not make an
award of attorney fees to a public body, as defined in ORS
30.260, that exceeds the actual cost to the public body for the
legal services rendered in the case. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2001 Act applies only to
awards of attorney fees made on or after the effective date of
this 2001 Act. + }
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