Bill Summary for S 596 (2015-2016)

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Bill: PROTECTION AGAINST UNCONST. FOREIGN JUDGMNTS.

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Apr 21 2015
S.L. 2015-107

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
Senate Bill 596 (Public) Filed Thursday, March 26, 2015
AN ACT TO CLARIFY EXISTING LAW REGARDING THE ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN-COUNTRY JUDGMENTS.
Intro. by Krawiec, Newton, Wade.

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Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition. 

Deletes the proposed changes to GS 1C-1852(b).

Amends GS 1C-1853 to prohibit a court from recognizing a foreign country judgment if it was obtained by a foreign government entity to compensate for the expenditure of public funds for government programs (was, if the judgement was for taxes, fines, or other penalty obtained by a foreign government entity to compensate for the expenditure of public funds for government programs).

Instead of declaring specified proceedings in a foreign court to be fundamentally unfair and its judgement repugnant to the state's public policy, requires a court to make those findings.