‘Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §18-A, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 361, §1, is further amended to read:
(1) Nonprofit organizations whose missions include the provision of statewide free civil legal services and who have at least one year 5 years of experience providing free civil legal services;
(2) Legal aid clinics of accredited law schools operating exclusively in Maine; and
(3) Programs whose primary mission is to coordinate pro bono legal services on a statewide basis for low-income people in this State.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
Initiative: Increases funding for civil legal services for persons unable to afford a lawyer by providing additional funds available for distribution by the Civil Legal Services Fund Commission pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 18-A, subsection 1.
GENERAL FUND | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
All Other
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$5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |