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Introduced
02/09/2023
02/09/2023
In Committee
08/26/2024
08/26/2024
Crossed Over
05/15/2023
05/15/2023
Passed
08/30/2024
08/30/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
09/19/2024
09/19/2024
Introduced Session
2023-2024 Session
Bill Summary
An act to amend Section 529.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions.
AI Summary
This bill amends Section 529.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which allows a defendant in a civil action challenging a housing development project that meets or exceeds low- or moderate-income housing requirements to seek an order requiring the plaintiff to provide an undertaking (a type of bond) as security for the defendant's costs and damages. The bill modifies the grounds for seeking the undertaking, requiring the action to be "without merit" and brought "in bad faith, vexatiously, for the purpose of delay, or to thwart the low- or moderate-income nature of the housing development project." The bill also allows the plaintiff to seek to limit the undertaking amount by presenting evidence that it would cause the plaintiff undue economic hardship, and requires the court to consider that evidence and avoid causing such hardship when setting the undertaking amount. The bill also authorizes the court to decline to impose a bond if it would cause the plaintiff undue economic hardship.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Justice
Sponsors (6)
Steve Glazer (D)*,
Brian Dahle (R),
Janet Nguyen (R),
Roger Niello (R),
Kelly Seyarto (R),
Henry Stern (D),
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 285, Statutes of 2024. (on 09/19/2024)
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