13.22 - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
13.22 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
A legal services provider which enters into a contract with the
coordinator under authority of section 13.20 shall:
1. Offer direct representation of individual farmers in
litigation and administrative cases.
2. Offer technical support to individual farmers.
3. Cooperate to the fullest extent feasible with the Iowa state
university agricultural extension service so that its economic and
farm management counseling services are utilized by eligible persons.
4. Utilize, to the fullest extent feasible, existing resources of
accredited law schools within the state of Iowa to provide consulting
assistance to attorneys in the agricultural law field.
5. Assist, to the fullest extent feasible, accredited law schools
within the state of Iowa in enhancing their expertise in the area of
agricultural law so that all attorneys within the state will have a
resource available to provide training and experience in the
agricultural law field.
6. Cooperate to the fullest extent feasible with the existing
informational and referral networks among farmers, farmer advocates,
and others concerned with the economic crisis in agricultural areas.
The legal services provider is not a state agency for the purposes of
chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapters 20 and 669. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1214, § 4; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §134