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<br />76 <br /> <br />STATE OF TEXAS <br /> <br />COUNTY OF HAYS <br /> <br />CONTRACT FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE <br /> <br />KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: <br /> <br />The <br /> <br />Hays <br /> <br />County <br /> <br />Lsg a 1 <br /> <br />Aid, <br /> <br />( Legal <br /> <br />Aid), <br /> <br />Inc. <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />non-profit <br /> <br />corporation chartered by the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas, <br /> <br />Charter <br /> <br />Number 1014907, enters into this contract with the City of San <br /> <br />Marcos (City), a home-rule city in Hays County, Texas, and a <br /> <br />corporation <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />(prog ram) <br /> <br />municipal <br /> <br />under the laws and constitution of the State of Texas, for <br /> <br />operation <br /> <br />of a <br /> <br />leg a 1 <br /> <br />aid <br /> <br />described in <br /> <br />Appendix <br /> <br />program as <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />promotion <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />a voluntary <br /> <br />bono <br /> <br />pro <br /> <br />described in Appendix B (Pro Bono), and agrees as follows: <br /> <br />program <br /> <br />as <br /> <br />Legal Aid agrees to: <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Manage and account for all funds granted by the <br />Program in accordance with this contract; and, <br /> <br />Ci ty to <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Permit the City access to all financial and accounting records <br />of the Program during business hours for the purpose of <br />inspection or auditing; and, <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />File progress reports on program implementation at the request <br />of the City Manager or City Council; and, <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />Permit the City to examine work files to verify accounting and <br />progress reports, provided that the client's privacy and <br />privilege of confidentiality are not violated; and, <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />Operate the Program in compliance with all current civil <br />rights legislation, in conformance with the spirit as well as <br />the letter of the law. <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />Allow the City to change the guidelines at its discretion, not <br />to exceed 10% of pres~nt levels. <br /> <br />The City agrees to: <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Grant Legal Aid Twenty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen <br />($29,216.00) Dollars to establish and operate a legal <br />assistance program: and, <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Audit the accounts and financial records of Legal Aid as <br />City deems necessary; and, <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />Review progress reports, priorities and a pro bono <br />developed by Legal Aid. <br /> <br />proposal <br /> <br />The Term of this contract is one year from the date of execution <br />by both parties. <br /> <br /> <br />THE <br /> <br />TEXAS <br /> <br />HAYS COUNTY LEGAL AID, INC. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />, President <br />