The following is a legislative alert from the Pennsylvania Bar Association
LEGISLATIVE ALERT
Contact Your State Representative Immediately and Ask Him or Her to Save Funding for Civil Legal Services in the 2009-10 State Budget
After a vote today to suspend an internal rule that requires a two-week waiting period, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will debate its version of the state budget bill, HB 1416, and its accompanying amendments, tomorrow with the potential for a final vote on Friday. State funding for civil legal services remains in serious jeopardy.
The Pennsylvania Bar Association is urging its members to contact their state representatives and ask them to support state funding for civil legal services regardless of which version of the budget they ultimately pass. Please contact your state representative immediately. Implore him or her to include state funding for civil legal services in the final budget bill.The PBA Legislative Department has made it easy for you to do this - go to the PBA's Legislative Action Center (here) and click on “Read More” for additional information on the vital role that civil legal services play for the citizens of Pennsylvania. Once there, you will find an easy step-by-step process to compose and send an email message to your representative or download letters for mailing.
For more information about your legislators, please visit the Pennsylvania General Assembly's web site www.legis.state.pa.us.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this issue, we would like to hear from you. Please email us at legislative@pabar.org.
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