1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to civil law; providing attorney fee awards in civil actions between 
1.3 	private parties;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 549.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [549.015] ATTORNEY FEE AWARDS.
1.6 	The petitioning party in a civil action shall pay reasonable attorney fees in cases 
1.7 	between private parties when the court has found for the responding party or when the 
1.8 	case has been dismissed and the responding party has incurred fees, except where the 
1.9 	parties have agreed that no fees shall be awarded.