SB 148 Kentucky Senate · 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to nonrecourse consumer legal funding.

Summary
Establish Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286 and create sections thereof to define terms; provide exemptions to the new subtitle on nonrecourse consumer legal funding; prohibit engaging in the business of nonrecourse consumer legal funding transactions without a license; establish licensing requirements; provide that nonrecourse consumer legal funding transactions are not loans and exempt them from statute relating to interest; establish requirements for nonrecourse consumer legal funding transaction contracts; prohibit certain actions by nonrecourse consumer legal funding companies; direct that transactions made in compliance with the new subtitle on nonrecourse consumer legal funding are not champerty; establish penalties; direct that the new subtitle on nonrecourse consumer legal funding shall not restrict the powers or duties of the Attorney General; create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to establish disclosure requirements; establish attorney communications and responsibilities; and direct that a nonrecourse consumer legal funding transactions is inadmissible as evidence; amend KRS 286.4-410, 360.010, and 372.060 to conform.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
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Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2024 Last action Feb 1, 2024
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Feb 1, 2024
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to Banking & Insurance (S)
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Jan 30, 2024
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upper
Jan 30, 2024
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Phillip Wheeler
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