Indiana Code 33-24-12-6. Formula for fund distribution
STEP ONE: Determine the number of civil cases filed in the county during the year as reported by the most recent Indiana Judicial Report.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-24-12-6
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- fund: refers to the civil legal aid fund established by section 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-24-12-1
- legal services provider: means a private, nonprofit organization incorporated and operated exclusively in Indiana, the primary function and purpose of which is to provide civil legal services without charge to the indigent. See Indiana Code 33-24-12-3
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
STEP THREE: Divide the amount determined in STEP ONE by the amount determined in STEP TWO.
STEP FOUR: Multiply the quotient determined in STEP THREE by the annual amount of the appropriation from the state general fund as provided in the state budget act.
Except as provided in subsection (b), the product determined in STEP FOUR is the amount to be distributed to the legal services provider or providers having the county in its service area.
(b) In a county where there is more than one (1) legal services provider, the amount distributed from the fund for that county shall be distributed among the legal services providers in direct proportion to the number of legal services providers in that county.
(c) Distributions from the fund shall be made on January 1 and July 1 of each year. Money in the fund is annually appropriated to carry out the purposes of the fund.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-2.1-11-6.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.69; P.L.201-2023, SEC.255.