2000-04-18                     House Journal                      Page 3257
HB 425                                                                       
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                        
                                                                               

2000-04-18                     House Journal                      Page 3258
HB 425                                                                       
HOUSE BILL NO. 425                                                            
"An Act relating to misrepresentation and false claims made                   
against the state or a municipality; and providing for an effective            
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 425(JUD)                                                
"An Act relating to civil liability to the state or a municipality for        
certain acts involving false claims, misrepresentation, false records,         
false statements, the failure to disclose a false claim, the purchase          
of public property from an unlawful source, or the receipt of a                
pledge of public property from an unlawful source; relating to                 
criminal proceedings charging false statements or fraud; relating              
to misrepresented or fraudulent contract claims under the State                
Procurement Code; relating to the recovery of the property of a                
municipality, school district, or the state; and providing for an              
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Kott, Chair, with the                  
following individual recommendations:                                          
                                                                               
Do pass (1):  Kerttula                                                         
                                                                               
No recommendation (4):  Croft, Murkowski, Kott, Rokeberg                       
                                                                               
Amend (1):  Green                                                              
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply to CSHB 425(JUD):                             
                                                                               
Indeterminate fiscal note, Dept. of Law, 2/28/00                               
Zero fiscal note, Dept. of Administration/All Depts., 2/28/00                  
                                                                               
HB 425 was referred to the Finance Committee.