Establishes the Fair Pricing and Market Competition Fund to support the Antitrust Division of the Office of the Attorney General.
The bill establishes the Fair Pricing and Market Competition Fund, a special, nonlapsing fund to support the operations of the Antitrust Division of the Office of the Attorney General. The fund consists of revenue from civil penalties, damages, attorney's fees, and costs awarded in antitrust cases, as well as any other money appropriated or accepted for the fund's benefit. The fund is not subject to the general budget process and is intended to supplement, not replace, other funding for the division's operations. The fund's interest earnings are credited to the state's general fund.
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