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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 351
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2825
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. LOGAN, 17th Dist.
AN ACT RECONSTITUTING THE TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE
ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL IN CIVIL MATTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the task force to improve access to legal counsel in civil matters 1
be reconstituted for purposes of issuing a report to the joint standing 2
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 3
relating to the judiciary. The report shall examine the feasibility of 4
establishing a program that provides legal services to individuals in 5
civil matters. The report shall include an in-depth study containing 6
specific guidelines and recommendations addressing the cost of 7
implementation of such program, how to identify eligible program 8
participants, services that would be available under the program and 9
the policy reasons supporting the recommendations. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To reconstitute the task force to improve access to legal counsel in civil
matters.