{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s15g","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f15g.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f15g.\nDefinitions\nFor the purposes of sections 15c, 15d, 15e, and 15f of this title:\n(1) The term \u201cState attorney general\u201d means the chief legal officer of a State, or any other person authorized by State law to bring actions under\n(A) a contingency fee based on a percentage of the monetary relief awarded under this section; or\n(B) any other contingency fee basis, unless the amount of the award of a reasonable attorney\u2019s fee to a prevailing plaintiff is determined by the court under\nsection 15c(d)(1) of this title\n(2) The term \u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.\n(3) The term \u201cnatural persons\u201d does not include proprietorships or partnerships.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s15g.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s15g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f15g."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purposes of sections 15c, 15d, 15e, and 15f of this title:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s15g/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cState attorney general\u201d means the chief legal officer of a State, or any other person authorized by State law to bring actions under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 15c of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s15c","tail":", and includes the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, except that such term does not include any person employed or retained on\u2014"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s15g/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a contingency fee based on a percentage of the monetary relief awarded under this section; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s15g/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" any other contingency fee basis, unless the amount of the award of a reasonable attorney\u2019s fee to a prevailing plaintiff is determined by the court under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 15c(d)(1) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s15c/d/1","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s15g/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s15g/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cnatural persons\u201d does not include proprietorships or partnerships.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}