Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-23. Litigation costs
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Unless such person shall be the prevailing party in a final non-appealable judgment, any person who violates this chapter or ignores a written demand made by a fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer acting within the scope of his or her duties, shall be required to pay the reasonable attorney fees incurred by the fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver or administration and finance officer and/or his or her counsel to seek enforcement of this chapter or compliance with such written demand.
History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-23
- Budget commission: means the budget and review commission established under § 45-9-5 and § 45-9-6. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2
- Fiscal overseer: means the financial overseer appointed under § 45-9-3. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2
- Officer: means the chief administrative and financial officer appointed under § 45-9-10 after abolition of a fiscal overseer or a budget commission or a receiver in a city, town, or fire district. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Receiver: means the receiver appointed pursuant to § 45-9-7 or § 45-9-8. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2