Section 33-44-1-1 - Legislative findings The general assembly finds that:
(1) due to insufficient funding, existing programs providing free legal services in civil matters to indigent persons do not adequately meet the needs of indigent persons;(2) the use of funds collected under this article for these purposes is in the public interest, is a proper use of the funds, and is consistent with essential public and governmental purposes in the judicial branch of government; and(3) the expansion, improvement, and initiation of legal services to indigent persons will aid in the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and in the improvement of the administration of justice.Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-20-1-1.
As added by P.L. 98-2004, SEC.23.