New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE
Chapter 40 - EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS
Part 3 - CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUND
Section 2.40.3.9 - ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
To be eligible to contract for monies with the commission service providers shall provide to the division documentation that they:
A. are nonprofit organizations, tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c) or its successor or organized and operated exclusively for non-profit activities within the categories recognized as such by the Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c) or its successor; and
B. are registered with the state of New Mexico as a non-profit organization and listed on the state's web site; and
C. are organized and operated to provide free legal services to low income persons residing in New Mexico and do not engage in any other except related activity or are organized and operated as a separate department within a larger organization that has as its purpose the provision of free legal services to low income persons residing in New Mexico and that employs at least one full-time attorney dedicated solely to providing these services; and
D. are willing and able to cooperate with state and local bar associations, pro bono legal service programs, private attorneys, and similar persons or entities to increase the availability of free legal services to low income persons residing in New Mexico; or are willing and able to increase and coordinate statewide access to civil legal services to low income persons residing in New Mexico through innovative technology, subject to the limitations on appropriations set forth in 2.40.3.10 NMAC.
