An Act To Expand Access to Justice in Rural Maine through Legal Education
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1924
Committee Amendment CA_A_S448 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fr " to S.P. 679, L.D. 1924, "An Act To Expand 
Access to Justice in Rural Maine through Legal Education" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Rural practice clinic pilot project established. The University of 
Maine System shall establish a rural practice clinic in Aroostook County as a 3-year pilot 
project of the existing legal aid clinic of the University of Maine School of Law. 
Sec. 2. Report. The University of Maine System shall submit an interim report no 
later than January 15, 2024 and a final report no later than January 15, 2025 to the joint 
standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters, 
judiciary matters and appropriations and financial affairs on the rural practice clinic pilot 
project established pursuant to section 1. The report must include, but is not limited to, the 
number, by county, of clients served by the University of Maine School of Law's legal aid 
clinic, including through the rural practice clinic pilot project, any barriers to the success 
of the pilot project, how the rural practice clinic might be replicated in other rural areas of 
the State and plans and recommendations, including any suggested legislation, for the 
future of the rural practice clinic. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 
Educational and General Activities - UMS 0031 
Initiative: Provides funding for the first year of a 3-year pilot program to establish a rural 
practice clinic in Aroostook County as part of the existing legal aid clinic at the University 
of Maine School of Law. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
2021-22 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$340,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" f-1 "to S.P. 679, L.D. 1924 Cs- 6/ l{ r;f) 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$340,000 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment requires the University of Maine System to establish a rural practice 
clinic in Aroostook County as a 3-year pilot project of the legal aid clinic of the University 
of Maine School of Law, currently known as the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, and 
requires the University of Maine System to report back on the pilot project with an interim 
report no later than January 15, 2024 and a fmal report no later than January 15, 2025. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/28/22 feae 
LD 1924 
LR2359(02) 
An Act To Expand Access to Justice in Rural Maine through Legal Education 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "rt' { S-L/lj'f>) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
$0 
$0 
FY 2022-23 
$340,000 
$340,000 
Projections 
FY2023-24 
$340,000 
$340,000 
Projections 
FY2024-25 
$340,000 
$340,000 
This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $340,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 to the Educational and General 
Activities - UMS program within the University of Maine System for the first year of a 3-year pilot project to establish 
a rural practice clinic in Aroostook County as part of the existing legal aid clinic at the University of Maine School of 
Law. 
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