California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 4 — AttorneysArticle 14 — Funds for the Provision of Legal Services to Indigent PersonsSection 6218
All legal services projects and support centers receiving funds pursuant to this article shall adopt financial eligibility guidelines for indigent persons.
(a) Qualified legal services programs shall ensure that funds appropriated pursuant to this article shall be used solely to defray the costs of providing legal services to indigent persons or for such other purposes as set forth in this article.
(b) Funds received pursuant to this article by support centers shall only be used to provide services to qualified legal services projects as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 6213 which are used pursuant to a plan as required by subdivision (c) of Section 6216, or as permitted by Section 6219.
Notes
Requires every legal-services project and support center receiving article funds to adopt financial-eligibility guidelines for indigent persons. Limits qualified-program funds to costs of legal services for indigent persons or other stated article purposes, and limits support-center funds to services for qualified legal-services projects used under the required plan or as otherwise specifically permitted.
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