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IN HB1236
Bill
Status
1/11/2016
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Steuerwald
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AI Summary
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Creates a military legal assistance unit within the attorney general's office to facilitate legal assistance programs, pro bono services, and self-help services for active and veteran servicemembers from all U.S. armed forces branches and reserve components.
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Unit shall maintain a registry of volunteer attorneys and service programs, recruit volunteers, assess and assign servicemember requests for pro bono assistance, and coordinate with military installation legal offices.
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Unit may provide assistance in consumer law, Servicemembers Civil Relief Act issues, employment and reemployment rights, civil liability, probate law, contract law, administrative law, and family law matters that do not create inequity among family members.
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Unit is prohibited from providing court representation to servicemembers or offering legal assistance to servicemembers facing criminal prosecution in civilian or military court.
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Attorney general may accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests, and devises on behalf of the unit, with all funds used for the unit's purposes; effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Legal assistance for servicemembers and veterans. Creates the military legal assistance unit (unit) within the office of the attorney general. Requires the unit to facilitate the delivery of legal assistance programs, pro bono services, and self-help services to current and veteran members of the United States armed forces. Specifies the topics and areas of law with which the unit may provide assistance. Prohibits the unit from providing court representation to servicemembers. Prohibits the unit from providing legal advice or legal assistance to servicemembers being criminally prosecuted in a civilian or military court of law. Allows the attorney general to accept:
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/11/2016