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First Substitute S.B. 209

Senator J. Stuart Adams proposes the following substitute bill:


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RETENTION OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL, EXPERT WITNESSES, AND

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LITIGATION SUPPORT SERVICES

             3     
2012 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams

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House Sponsor: Derek E. Brown

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             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill requires the attorney general's office to make rules to establish disclosure,
             11      transparency, accountability, and reporting in relation to the procurement of outside
             12      counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    requires the attorney general's office to make rules regarding public disclosure,
             16      transparency, accountability, and reporting in relation to the procurement of outside
             17      counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services; and
             18          .    describes requirements for the rules described in the preceding paragraph.
             19      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          None
             23      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             24      ENACTS:
             25          67-5-30, Utah Code Annotated 1953


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             27      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             28          Section 1. Section 67-5-30 is enacted to read:
             29          67-5-30. Rulemaking authority regarding the procurement of outside counsel,
             30      expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.
             31          (1) The attorney general's office shall make rules to establish public disclosure,
             32          transparency, accountability, and reporting in relation to the procurement of outside
             33      counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.
             34          (2) The rules described in Subsection (1) shall:
             35          (a) ensure that a procurement for outside counsel is supported by a determination by
             36      the attorney general that the procurement is in the best interests of the state, in light of available
             37      resources of the attorney general's office;
             38          (b) provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all potential providers of outside
             39      counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services;
             40          (c) ensure a competitive process, to the greatest extent possible, for the procurement of
             41      outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services;
             42          (d) provide for oversight and control, by the attorney general's office, in relation to
             43      outside counsel hired under a contingency fee arrangement;
             44          (e) establish for transparency regarding the procurement of outside counsel, expert
             45      witnesses, and other litigation support services, subject to:
             46          (i) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Governmental Records Access and Management Act; and
             47          (ii) other applicable provisions of the Utah Code;
             48          (f) establish standard contractual terms for the procurement of outside counsel, expert
             49      witnesses, and other litigation support services, subject to; and
             50          (g) provide for the retention of records relating to the procurement of outside counsel,
             51      expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.


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