Subdivision 1. Appropriations. Notwithstanding any contrary law, a county board may appropriate from the general revenue fund to any nonprofit corporation a sum not to exceed 0.00604 percent of estimated market value to provide legal assistance to persons who are unable to afford private legal counsel.
Subd. 2. Contiguous counties may combine appropriations. Any two or more contiguous counties may by concurrent resolution of their county boards combine their appropriations to a single nonprofit corporation to serve the purpose of subdivision 1 in their counties.
History:1974 c 321 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 1 art 5 s 10; 1982 c 489 s 1; 1984 c 593 s 39; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 32; 1994 c 505 art 2 s 4; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 52