13.22 - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. - Iowa Statutes

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