{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-11130.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 11130.5","heading":"","body":"A court may award court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to Section 11130 or 11130.3 where it is found that a state body has violated the provisions of this article. The costs and fees shall be paid by the state body and shall not become a personal liability of any public officer or employee thereof.\nA court may award court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to a defendant in any action brought pursuant to Section 11130 or 11130.3 where the defendant has prevailed in a final determination of the action and the court finds that the action was clearly frivolous and totally lacking in merit.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","PART 1. STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES [11000. - 11908.]","CHAPTER 1. State Agencies [11000. - 11148.5.]","ARTICLE 9. Meetings [11120. - 11132.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c3172414e79c699d61f44fb839893f675009b3f706853a30a0eb438c9cff8892","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-11130.3","next":"us-ca/gov-11130.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}