Section 11-505 – Financial Audit or Review
(a) Each year, the Corporation shall require: (1) a financial audit by an independent certified public accountant of each grantee whose grant income from the Corporation in the most recently completed fiscal year was $50,000 or more; or (2) a financial review by an independent certified public accountant of each grantee whose grant income from the Corporation in […]
Section 11-302 – Officers
(a) From among its voting members, the Board annually shall elect a chair. (b) From among its members, the Board shall appoint a secretary, a treasurer, and other officers.
Section 11-601 – Standards for Quality Service
The Corporation shall seek to ensure that a grantee providing legal assistance to eligible clients: (1) maintains the highest quality of service and professional standards; (2) preserves attorney-client relationships; and (3) protects the integrity of the adversary process from any impairment.
Section 11-303 – Compensation
A member of the Board: (1) may not receive compensation as a member of the Board; but (2) is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connection with service on the Board as provided in the budget of the Corporation.
Section 11-602 – Application for Legal Assistance
Each application for legal assistance shall be in writing and accompanied by an affidavit stating that the information contained in the application is true and correct.
Section 11-304 – Meetings
(a) The Board shall meet at least 4 times a year. (b) Except as provided in § 3–305 of the General Provisions Article, a meeting of the Board shall be open to the public.
Section 11-603 – Income Eligibility Limits
(a) (1) The Corporation shall establish maximum income levels for client eligibility. (2) The income levels shall be based on the financial ability of a client to pay for competent private counsel and all other necessary expenses of representation. (b) The maximum income levels established under this section and eligibility guidelines established by each grantee to implement this section […]
Section 11-401 – Nonstate Funds
Nonstate funds received by the Corporation shall be accounted for and reported as receipts and disbursements separate and distinct from State funds.
Section 11-604 – Attorney-Client Privilege
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, information subject to the attorney-client privilege is confidential and may not be disclosed to any person unless the privilege is waived by the client or a court orders the disclosure.
Section 11-402 – Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund
(a) There is a Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund. (b) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer the Fund. (c) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. (d) The Fund consists of: (1) money deposited to the Fund from the surcharge assessed in civil cases […]