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� • o cil Resolution
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Presented By
Re erred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, there is a continuing need for low-income residents of
St. Paul to receive legal advice and representation in civil matters for
which they cannot afford private counsel ; and
WHEREAS, the National Legal Services Corporation pursuant to P.L.
93-355 as amended by P,L. 95-222 provides funding to legal services
programs in Minnesota in order that they may provide such services to
low-income Minnesotans; and
WHEREAS, the Congress has found, at P.L. 93-355 Section 1001 (5) ,
that "to preserve its strength, the legal services program must be kept
free from the influence or use by it of political pressures"; and
WHEREAS, The St. Paul City Council supports the funding of the
National Legal Services Corporation and oppose restrictions on the free
exercise of independent professional judgment of legal services lawyers
in representing low-income persons; and
WHEREAS, the Reagan administration has announced that it will seek
the abolition of the Legal Services Corporation, and an end to budget
appropriations for legal services programs, in legislation in the United
States Congress; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Congress of the United States pass legislation re-
authorizing the Legal Services Corporation without restriction on the free
exercise of independent professional judgment of legal services lawyers in
their representation of low-income persons , and without restriction on the
ability of legal services lawyers to pursue on behalf of their clients the
same full range of legal remedies that an attorney in private practice
would be able to seek on behalf of more affluent clients; and be it
COUNCILMEN Requestgd by Department of:
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Adopted by Council: Date —
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B�..ue -� MAYOR GITY OF SAINT PAITL File NO.
v Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
2.
RESOLVED, that the Congress oppose any change to the current form of
organization of legal services, or to the current method of funding legal
services programs, which would subject programs to control by persons or
governmental entities whose interests might be or become in conflict with
independent, effective representation of clients by legal services attorneys;
and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Congress appropriate a reasonable level of
funding to the National Legal Services Corporation to enable it to continue
the same level of service which it now provides; and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the
Senators and Representatives from Minnesota.
<CQUNCILMEN Requestgd by Department of:
Yeas ' Nays
Hunt �
Levine a Irt Favor
Maddox
McMahon Q B
snoweite� - _ Against y —
Tedesco
�Ison 1981
aPR 2 Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date —
Certified P . by Cou ' Secr�y�� BY
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Appro y :Vlayor: Date �JC� �1,Ae�_ Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By _ BY
PUBIIStlEt� APR 1 1 1981