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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 491
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Byrd and Goodlette offered the following:
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13 Substitute Amendment for Amendment (093591) (with title
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18 Section 12. There is appropriated $2,000,000 to the
19 Department of Community Affairs to contract with a
20 not-for-profit organization that provides statewide funding
21 for civil legal assistance to the poor. The department shall
22 retain $100,000, and the organization shall receive $80,000,
23 for administrative costs. The remaining funds shall be used by
24 the organization for civil legal assistance pilot projects in
25 the following judicial circuits:
26 Fourth $240,000
27 Ninth $240,000
28 Eleventh $600,000
29 Twelfth $140,000
30 Thirteenth $280,000
31 Fourteenth $120,000
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1 Twentieth $200,000
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3 The funds shall only be used for legal education or assistance
4 in family law, juvenile law, entitlement to federal benefits,
5 protection from domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse,
6 or immigration law. These funds shall not be used in criminal
7 or post-conviction relief matters, for lobbying activities, to
8 sue the state, its agencies or political sub-divisions, or
9 colleges or universities, for class action lawsuits, to
10 provide legal assistance with respect to noncriminal
11 infractions pursuant to chapter 316, chapter 318, chapter 320,
12 or chapter 322, to contest regulatory decisions of any
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14 body, or to file or assist in the filing of private causes of
15 action under federal or state statutes relating to or arising
16 out of employment or terms or conditions of employment. The
17 contracting organization shall require pilot projects to
18 provide data on the number of clients served, the types of
19 cases, the reasons the cases were closed, and the state
20 dollars saved and federal dollars brought into the state
21 because of the legal services provided. The contracting
22 organization shall provide to the Department of Community
23 Affairs, within sixty (60) days of the completion of the
24 contract, a report on the legal services provided, the state
25 dollars saved, and the federal dollars brought into the state.
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
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