Bill Information[]
House Bill 507: AN ACT relating to government contracts.
Sponsor: Robert Benvenuti III
Date Introduced: 02/26/2016
Final Resolution:
Bill Summary[]
- Establish standards and rules for contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services.
- Require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract.
- Set limits on the amount of the contingency fee.
- Require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site.
- Require the contractor to maintain certain records.
- Require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year.
- Require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications.
- Require the Attorney General to approve of a contingency fee personal service contract for legal services before the contract may be awarded.