Legislation
- Title
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Structured Settlements - Transfers and Registration of Structured Settlement Transferees
- Sponsored by
- The Speaker (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) and Delegates Rosenberg, Haynes, and Angel
- Status
- Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 721
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Making legislative findings and declarations that it is necessary to regulate transfers of structured settlement payment rights to ensure that the transfers are effectuated on fair and reasonable terms and are in the best interest of payees, and to protect payees against deceptive practices; establishing specified requirements on a proposed transfer of structured settlement payment rights if the settlement was established in resolution of a tort claim seeking compensation for cognitive injuries arising from childhood exposure to lead paint; etc.
Committees
- Original:
- Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media
- Opposite:
- Judicial Proceedings
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5-1101, 5-1101.1, 5-1102, 5-1103, 5-1104, 5-1105, 5-1107 through 5-1112 )
Last Updated: 2/3/2020 2:29 PM