(A) No state agency or instrumentality of the State, excluding the General Assembly, Senate, House of Representatives, local political subdivisions, special purpose districts, and special taxing districts, shall enter into a settlement of any litigation, dispute, or claim over one hundred thousand dollars requiring the expenditure of monies appropriated or provided for in a general or supplemental appropriations act, or from any other source of public funds without prior written approval from the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. (B) The intent of this provision is to prevent state agencies or instrumentalities of the State, other than local political subdivisions, special purpose districts, and special taxing districts, from entering into settlements that can bind and commit the State to unreasonable funding requirements from current or future revenues of the State. In keeping with this intent, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may exempt in its discretion any entity or specific litigation matter from this provision. HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 24.
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