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An Act To Clarify That Petitions for Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States Are Included within the Definition of Indigent Legal Services
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §1802, sub-§4, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 419, §2, are amended to read:
 
B. An indigent party in a civil case in which the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Maine or federal or state law requires that the State provide representation; and
 
C. Juvenile defendants.; and
Sec. 2.  4 MRSA §1802, sub-§4, ¶D  is enacted to read:
 
D.  An indigent defendant, party or juvenile for the purpose of filing, on behalf of that indigent defendant, party or juvenile, a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States from an adverse decision of the Law Court on a case for which services were previously provided to that defendant, party or juvenile pursuant to paragraph A, B or C.
 
SUMMARY
This bill includes in the definition of "indigent legal services" the filing, on behalf of an indigent party, defendant or juvenile, of a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States from an adverse decision of the Law Court on a case for which indigent legal services were provided.