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House Journal: Page 2079: Wednesday, May 1, 1996

c.  Employ attorneys admitted to practice before the Iowa
supreme court and the United States district courts.
d.  Employ attorneys and staff qualified to address legal
problems experienced by eligible individuals.
3.  The contracting nonprofit organization shall do all of the
following:
a.  Offer direct representation of eligible individuals in
litigation and administrative cases, in accordance with
priorities established by the organizations board.
b.  Offer technical support to eligible individuals.
c.  Involve private attorneys through volunteer lawyer projects
to represent eligible individuals.
d.  Utilize, to the fullest extent feasible, existing resources
of accredited law schools within this state to provide
consulting assistance to attorneys in the practice of law in
their representation of persons in poverty.
e.  Assist, to the fullest extent feasible, accredited law
schools within this state in enhancing the schools' expertise in
the practice of law representing persons in poverty so that all
attorneys within the state will have a resource available to
provide training and experience in the practice of law
representing persons in poverty.
f.  Cooperate, to the fullest extent feasible, with existing
informational and referral networks among persons in poverty,
providers of assistance to persons in poverty, and others
concerned with assistance to persons in poverty.
4.  The contracting nonprofit organization is not a state agency
for the purposes of chapters 19A, 20, and 669.
5.  An individual is eligible to obtain legal representation and
legal assistance from the contracting nonprofit organization if
the eligible individual meets all of the following criteria:
a.  The eligible individual is a resident of this state.
b.  The eligible individual is financially unable to acquire
legal assistance, in accordance with criteria established by the
organization's board.
Sec.    .  Section 37.10, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995,
is amended to read as follows:
Each commissioner shall be an honorably discharged soldier,
sailor, marine, airman, or coast guard member and be a resident
of the city county in which the memorial hall or
monument is located or live within the county if the memorial
hall or monument is located outside of a city or is a joint
memorial as provided in this chapter."
32.  Page 27, by striking lines 19 through 34.
33.  Page 28, by inserting after line 12 the following:
"Sec.    .  Section 602.6201, subsection 10, Code Supplement
1995, is amended to read as follows:
10.  Notwithstanding the formula for determining the number of
judgeships in this section, the number of district judges shall
not exceed one hundred eight eleven during the period
commencing July 1, 1995 1996.

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