SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1698
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: NOVEMBER 24, 1997
The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1698.
This bill amends current law to allow the State to recover reasonable costs of suit, including attorneys' and filing fees, for successful actions brought by the Attorney General under the consumer fraud law. While currently the court may award costs of suit to private litigants who successfully sue under this law, the State must absorb its court costs regardless of the outcome of a case. This bill would provide the State with the same opportunity for recovery of such costs as is afforded to private litigants.