Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-921.1

A. The Attorney General shall allocate funds from the Legal

Services Revolving Fund to provide legal representation to indigent

persons in this state in civil legal matters to the extent that

funds are available from the Legal Services Revolving Fund. The

Attorney General shall be responsible for allocating these funds

pursuant to contract with eligible regional or statewide

organizations which ordinarily render legal services to indigent

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persons. The Attorney General may charge an administrative fee for

administering the contracts. The funds shall be allocated for the

benefit of indigent clients in all seventy-seven (77) counties of

the state on a pro rata basis, utilizing an allocation formula that

distributes funds according to the number of residents whose incomes

are less than the official United States federal poverty guidelines,

based on the United States census data, as a percentage of the total

number of these residents in this state and which reserves funds for

services for specialized areas of law.

B. As used in this section, "eligible organization" means an

entity that:

1. Is organized as a not-for-profit corporation that is tax

exempt pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of subsection (c)

of Section 501 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

as amended;

2. Has as its primary purpose the furnishing of legal

assistance to eligible clients;

3. Has a board of directors or other governing body the

majority of which is comprised of attorneys who are admitted to

practice in this state and who are approved to serve on such body by

the governing bodies of the state or county bar associations and has

at least one-third (1/3) of the membership who, when selected, are

eligible clients; and

4. Is incorporated pursuant to any applicable laws of this

state.

C. As a condition of the contract, the organization shall be

required to determine the eligibility of any person seeking legal

services pursuant to this section.

D. The Attorney General shall prepare annually and distribute

to the Judiciary committees of the Senate and the House of

Representatives and the Legal Services Committee of the Oklahoma Bar

Association a report detailing expenditures of funds for

representation to indigent persons in civil legal matters.

E. Each organization that contracts to provide legal services

pursuant to subsection A of this section shall maintain books and

records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

The books and records shall account for the receipt and expenditure

of all funds paid pursuant to contract. Books and records shall be

maintained for a period of five (5) years from the close of the

fiscal year of the contract period. The State Auditor and Inspector

shall audit each organization annually. The necessary expense of

each audit, including, but not limited to, the cost of typing,

printing, and binding, shall be paid from funds of the organization.

In lieu of the audit by the State Auditor and Inspector, the

organization may submit an audit prepared by an independent auditing

firm for compliance with federal auditing requirements. A copy of

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the audit prepared by or submitted to the State Auditor and

Inspector shall be submitted to the Attorney General.

F. Funds for representation of indigent persons in civil legal

matters shall be limited to family law legal services with priority

given to cases involving domestic and family violence and abuse. In

no event shall such funds ever be used for any of the following

activities:

1. Provision of legal services in a fee-generating case unless

appropriate private representation is not available;

2. Provision of legal services in any criminal proceeding;

3. Provision of legal services collaterally attacking the

validity of a criminal conviction;
olving domestic and family violence and abuse. In

no event shall such funds ever be used for any of the following

activities:

1. Provision of legal services in a fee-generating case unless

appropriate private representation is not available;

2. Provision of legal services in any criminal proceeding;

3. Provision of legal services collaterally attacking the

validity of a criminal conviction;

4. Provision of legal services which seek to procure an

abortion;

5. Provision of legal representation relating to the

desegregation of any school or school system;

6. Provision of legal services involving any proceeding derived

from the Military Selective Service Act;

7. Provision of legal services to advocate for or oppose any

altering of a legislative, judicial, or elective district at any

level of government; and

8. Provision of legal services to challenge a census of the

United States of America.

G. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the

"Legal Services Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all monies received by the Office of the Attorney General for

indigent legal services from funds appropriated to the fund, federal

funds, gifts, donations, and grants. All monies accruing to the

credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Attorney General for the purpose of providing legal

services to indigent clients pursuant to the provisions of this

section. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants

issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by

law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for approval and payment.