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2000 SESSION
SB 760 Legal services for the indigent.
Introduced by: J. Randy Forbes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Legal services for the indigent. Provides, with certain limited exceptions, that the same restrictions that exist in federal law regarding the use of federal funds for civil legal services to the indigent apply to programs which use state funds appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation of Virginia for the provision of legal services to the indigent. These include restrictions on or prohibitions against: political redistricting litigation and lobbying, representation of drug dealers in drug-related evictions, legal assistance to prisoners, abortion-related litigation, representation of illegal aliens, challenges to welfare reform, attorney's fees, class action suits and representation of aliens not in the United States. The bill also requires disclosure of the style of each case and the court in which it was filed in court.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Legal services for the indigent. Provides that the same restrictions that exist in federal law regarding the use of federal funds for civil legal services to the indigent apply to state funds. These include restrictions on or prohibitions against: political redistricting litigation and lobbying, representation of drug dealers in drug-related evictions, legal assistance to prisoners, political lobbying, abortion-related litigation, representation of illegal aliens, challenges to welfare reform, attorney's fees, class action suits and representation of aliens not in the United States. The bill also requires disclosure of each case filed in court.