CHAPTER 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS

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    ARTICLE 44. INTEREST BEARING ATTORNEY TRUST ACCOUNTS

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     Chapter 1. Legislative Findings

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Legislative findings
    
Sec. 1. The general assembly finds that:
        (1) due to insufficient funding, existing programs providing free legal services in civil matters to indigent persons do not adequately meet the needs of indigent persons;
        (2) the use of funds collected under this article for these purposes is in the public interest, is a proper use of the funds, and is consistent with essential public and governmental purposes in the judicial branch of government; and
        (3) the expansion, improvement, and initiation of legal services to indigent persons will aid in the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and in the improvement of the administration of justice.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.23.

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Purpose
    
Sec. 2. It is the purpose of this article to expand the availability and improve the quality of existing free legal services in civil matters to indigent persons and to initiate new programs that will provide services to them.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.23.