The Civil Legal Services Fund is created. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of a calendar year shall be distributed in the following calendar year. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
§ 25-3009.Civil Legal Services Fund; created; investment.
Article 30: Legal Aid and Civil Legal Services Programs · Last amended 2006 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section creates the Civil Legal Services Fund, carries any year-end balance forward to the next calendar year, and directs the state investment officer to invest idle fund money under the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
Full Text of § 25-3009
Source
Laws 2006, LB 746, § 5.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269. Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-3009 creates the Civil Legal Services Fund, the money source that section 25-3007 draws on for grants under the Civil Legal Services Program. It works much like the earlier Legal Aid and Services Fund under section 25-3002: any money remaining in the fund at the end of a calendar year does not lapse, but carries forward and gets distributed the following year.
Idle fund money is not left uninvested. The state investment officer invests it under the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, the same two acts that govern investment of the earlier Legal Aid and Services Fund. The Civil Legal Services Fund and the Legal Aid and Services Fund remain separate accounts, each tied to its own program, even though both follow the same investment and carryover rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Civil Legal Services Fund?
A fund created by section 25-3009 to hold money used for the Civil Legal Services Program’s grants under section 25-3007.
What happens to money left in the fund at year’s end?
It carries forward and is distributed in the following calendar year, rather than reverting or lapsing.
Who invests idle fund money?
The state investment officer, under the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
How is this fund different from the Legal Aid and Services Fund in section 25-3002?
What statutes govern the fund’s investments?
The Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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