SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 512

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 354322

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, line 9, through

15            page 5, line 6, delete those lines

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17  and insert:

18         Section 7.  Eligible activities.--Funds received or

19  allocated pursuant to this act may be used to secure the legal

20  rights of eligible clients relating to family law, juvenile

21  law, entitlements to federal government benefits, protection

22  from domestic violence, elder and child abuse, and immigration

23  by providing legal assistance and education regarding legal

24  rights and duties under the law.

25         Section 8.  Accountability.--In any contract allocating

26  funds pursuant to this act, the department shall ensure that

27  funds received or allocated pursuant to this act are expended

28  in a manner consistent with the terms and intent of this act

29  and shall provide for an annual audit of such expenditures.

30         Section 9.  State support.--Programs funded pursuant to

31  this act are eligible for state support, including, but not

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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  1  limited to, access to the SUNCOM Network services. Accounts

  2  for SUNCOM services furnished to program-eligible entities

  3  shall be billed directly to the department, as program

  4  administrator, and paid with the funding provided.

  5         Section 10.  Conditional repeal.--If any of the

  6  limitations on the use of funds received or allocated under

  7  this act is found to violate the Constitution of the United

  8  States or the State Constitution or is otherwise found

  9  unenforceable:

10         (1)  The entire act shall be null and void.

11         (2)  All appropriations made for the purposes of this

12  act and which are not expended are repealed.

13         (3)  All unspent funds received by any entity pursuant

14  to this act or the act appropriating funds for the purpose of

15  this act shall be returned to the department for transfer to

16  the State Treasury to the credit of the fund from which they

17  were appropriated.

18         (4)  No further funds appropriated for the purposes of

19  this act shall be distributed or expended.

20         Section 11.  Limitation of rights.--This act does not

21  create a statutory right to counsel in any proceeding. This

22  act does not create any statutory right accruing to any

23  attorney.

24         Section 12.  All appropriations made for the purposes

25  of this act shall only be used for legal education or

26  assistance in family law, juvenile law, entitlement to federal

27  benefits, protection from domestic violence, elder abuse,

28  child abuse, or immigration law. These funds may not be used

29  in criminal or postconviction relief matters; for lobbying

30  activities; to sue the state, its agencies, political

31  subdivisions, or colleges or universities; for class action

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  1  suits; to provide legal assistance with respect to noncriminal

  2  infractions pursuant to chapter 316, chapter 318, chapter 320,

  3  or chapter 322; to contest regulatory decisions of any

  4  municipal, county, or state administrative or legislative

  5  body; or to file or assist in the filing of private causes of

  6  action under federal or state statutes relating to or arising

  7  out of employment or terms or conditions of employment. The

  8  contracting organization shall require pilot projects to

  9  provide data on the number of clients served, the types of

10  cases, the reasons the cases were closed, the state dollars

11  saved, and federal dollars brought into the state because of

12  the legal services provided. The contracting organization

13  shall provide to the Department of Community Affairs, within

14  60 days after the completion of the contract, a report on the

15  legal services provided, the state dollars saved, and the

16  federal dollars brought into the state.

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18  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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22  And the title is amended as follows:

23         On page 1, line 15, after the semicolon,

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25  insert:

26         providing for conditional repeal; providing

27         limitations on rights; providing limitations on

28         the use of state funds;

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