| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.124 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEVEIT. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 0185H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection477.650,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtothe |
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| 8 | 8 | | expirationdateoffundingofbasiccivillegalservicesforcertainpersons. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section477.650,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection477.650,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 477.650.1.Thereisherebycreatedinthestatetreasurythe"BasicCivilLegal |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2ServicesFund",tobeadministeredby,orunderthedirectionof,theMissourisupremecourt. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3Allmoneyscollectedundersection488.031shallbecreditedtothefund.Inadditiontothe |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4courtfilingsurcharges,fundsfromotherpublicorprivatesourcesalsomaybedepositedinto |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5thefundandallearningsofthefundshallbecreditedtothefund.Thepurposeofthissection |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6istoincreasethefundingavailableforbasiccivillegalservicestoeligiblelow-income |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7personsassuchpersonsaredefinedbytheFederalLegalServicesCorporation'sIncome |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8EligibilityGuidelines. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 2.Fundsinthebasiccivillegalservicesfundshallbeallocatedannuallyand |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10expendedtoprovidelegalrepresentationtoeligiblelow-incomepersonsinthestateincivil |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11matters.Moneys,funds,orpaymentspaidtothecreditofthebasiccivillegalservicesfund |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12shall,atleastasoftenasannually,bedistributedtothelegalservicesorganizationsinthis |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13statewhichqualifyforFederalLegalServicesCorporationfunding.Thefundssodistributed |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14shallbeusedbylegalservicesorganizationsinthisstatesolelytoprovidelegalservicesto |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15eligiblelow-incomepersonsassuchpersonsaredefinedbytheFederalLegalServices |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16Corporation'sIncomeEligibilityGuidelines.Fundmoneyshallbesubjecttoallrestrictions |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17imposedonsuchlegalservicesorganizationsbylaw.Fundsshallbeallocatedtothe |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18programsaccordingtothefundingformulaemployedbytheFederalLegalServices |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19Corporationforthedistributionoffundstothisstate.Notwithstandingtheprovisionsof |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20section33.080,anybalanceremaininginthebasiccivillegalservicesfundattheendofany |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21yearshallnotbetransferredtothestate'sgeneralrevenuefund.Moneysinthebasiccivil |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22legalservicesfundshallnotbeusedtopayanyportionofarefundmandatedbyArticleX, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23Section[15]18oftheMissouriConstitution.Statelegalservicesprogramsshallrepresent |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24individualstosecurelawfulstatebenefits,butshallnotsuethestate,itsagencies,orits |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25officials,withanystatefunds. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 3.Contractsforserviceswithstatelegalservicesprogramsshallprovideeligiblelow- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27incomeMissouricitizenswithequalaccesstotheciviljusticesystem,withahighpriorityon |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28familiesandchildren,domesticviolence,theelderly,andqualificationforbenefitsunderthe |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29SocialSecurityAct.Statelegalservicesprogramsshallabidebyallrestrictions, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30requirements,andregulationsoftheLegalServicesCorporationregardingtheircases. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31 4.TheMissourisupremecourt,orapersonororganizationdesignatedbythecourt,is |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32theadministratorandshalladministerthefundinsuchmannerasdeterminedbytheMissouri |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33supremecourt,includinginaccordancewithanyrulesandpoliciesadoptedbytheMissouri |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34supremecourtforsuchpurpose.Moneysfromthefundshallbeusedtopayforthecollection |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35ofthefeeandtheimplementationandadministrationofthefund. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36 5.Eachrecipientoffundsfromthebasiccivillegalservicesfundshallmaintain |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37appropriaterecordsaccountingforthereceiptandexpenditureofallfundsdistributedand |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38receivedpursuanttothissection.Theserecordsmustbemaintainedforaperiodoffiveyears |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39fromthecloseofthefiscalyearinwhichsuchfundsaredistributedorreceivedoruntil |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40audited,whicheverissooner.Allfundsdistributedorreceivedpursuanttothissectionare |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41subjecttoauditbytheMissourisupremecourtorthestateauditor. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42 6.TheMissourisupremecourt,orapersonororganizationdesignatedbythecourt, |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43shall,byJanuarythirty-firstofeachyear,reporttothegeneralassemblyonthemoneys |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44collectedanddisbursedpursuanttothissectionandsection488.031byjudicialcircuit. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45 [7.TheprovisionsofthissectionshallexpireonDecember31,2025.] |
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| 58 | 58 | | âś” |
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| 59 | 59 | | HB124 2 |
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