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 PUBLIC LAW 100-459—OCT. 1, 1988

102 STAT. 2223

U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 605. Funds appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation and distributed to each grantee funded in fiscal year 1989 pursuant to the number of pjoor people determined by the Bureau of the Census to be within its geographical area shall be distributed in the following order: (1) grants from the L ^ a l Services Corporation and contracts entered into with the Legal Services Corporation under section 1006(a)(l) shall be maintained in fiscal year 1989 at not less than $8.58 per poor person within the geographical area of each grantee or contractor under the 1980 census or 2 cents per poor person more than the annual per-poor-person level at which each grantee and contractor was funded in fiscal year 1988, whichever is greater; and (2) each such grantee shall be increased by an equal percentage of the amount by which such grantee's funding, including the increase under (1) above, falls below $15.75 per poor person within its geographical area under the 1980 census: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be used to bring a class action suit against the Federal Government or any State or local government unless— (1) the project director of a recipient has expressly approved the filing of such an action in accordance with policies established by the governing body of such recipient; (2) the class relief which is the subject of such an action is sought for the primary benefit of individuals who are eligible for legal assistance; and (3) that prior to filing such an action, the recipient project director has determined that the government entity is not likely to change the policy or practice in question, that the policy or practice will continue to adversely affect eligible clients, that the recipient has given notice of its intention to seek class relief and that responsible efforts to resolve without litigation the adverse effects of the policy or practice have not been successful or would be adverse to the interest of the clients: except that this proviso may be superseded by regulations governing the bringing of class action suits promulgated by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who have been confirmed in accordance with section 1004(a) of the Legal Services Corporation Act: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated in this Act made available by the Legal Services Corporation may be used— (1) to pay for any publicity or propaganda intended or designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or State or local l^islative bodies or intended or designed to influence any decision by a Federal, State, or local agency; (2) to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone communication, letter, printed or written matter, or

Disadvantaged persons.

Grants. Contracts.

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