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Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 11-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 11-102 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) there is...
Subtitle 2 - Organization and Administration of Corporation
Section 11-201 - Established; Purpose - (a) (1) There is a Maryland Legal Services Corporation. (2)...
Section 11-202 - Office; Status - (a) (1) The Corporation shall maintain: (i) its principal office...
Section 11-203 - Executive Director - (a) The Board shall appoint an executive director of the...
Section 11-204 - Employees - (a) A political test or political qualification may not be...
Section 11-205 - General Powers - To the extent consistent with this title, the Corporation shall...
Section 11-206 - Indemnification - The Corporation shall indemnify the members of the Board and...
Section 11-207 - Annual Report - (a) (1) The Corporation shall publish an annual report. (2)...
Section 11-208 - Annual Budget - (a) The executive director shall prepare an annual budget for...
Subtitle 3 - Board of Directors
Section 11-301 - Established; Membership - (a) There is a Board of Directors of the Corporation....
Section 11-302 - Officers - (a) From among its voting members, the Board annually shall...
Section 11-303 - Compensation - A member of the Board: (1) may not receive compensation...
Section 11-304 - Meetings - (a) The Board shall meet at least 4 times a...
Subtitle 4 - Funding
Section 11-401 - Nonstate Funds - Nonstate funds received by the Corporation shall be accounted for...
Section 11-402 - Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund - (a) There is a Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund. (b)...
Section 11-403 - Disposition of Money and Property - The Corporation shall accept and use any money or property...
Section 11-404 - Issuance of Stock Prohibited - The Corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay...
Section 11-405 - Restrictions on Disposition of Corporate Earnings - (a) (1) This subsection does not apply to reasonable compensation...
Section 11-406 - Disposition of Assets on Liquidation - On the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation,...
Section 11-407 - Annual Audits - (a) (1) The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited...
Section 11-408 - Audits by Legislative Auditor - (a) (1) The audit authorized by this section is in...
Subtitle 5 - Grantees
Section 11-501 - Financial Assistance to Grantees - The Corporation shall make grants of financial assistance to grantees...
Section 11-502 - Grants - (a) The Corporation shall ensure that grants and contracts are...
Section 11-503 - Duties of Grantees - (a) In applying for and spending grant money from the...
Section 11-504 - Reports and Records - (a) The Corporation may require a grantee to submit any...
Section 11-505 - Financial Audit or Review - (a) Each year, the Corporation shall require: (1) a financial...
Subtitle 6 - Legal Services
Section 11-601 - Standards for Quality Service - The Corporation shall seek to ensure that a grantee providing...
Section 11-602 - Application for Legal Assistance - Each application for legal assistance shall be in writing and...
Section 11-603 - Income Eligibility Limits - (a) (1) The Corporation shall establish maximum income levels for...
Section 11-604 - Attorney-Client Privilege - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, information subject to...
Subtitle 7 - Prohibited Acts
Section 11-701 - Fraudulently Obtaining Legal Assistance - (a) A person may not obtain, attempt to obtain, or...
Section 11-702 - Acts of the Corporation - The Corporation may not: (1) participate in litigation, unless: (i)...
Subtitle 8 - Short Title
Section 11-801 - Short Title - This title may be cited as the “Maryland Legal Services...