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Appropriations committee approves $400,000 for UND immigration law clinic; bill passes on voice vote
Summary
The committee gave a due‑pass recommendation to HB 1,600, which would fund an immigration law clinic at the University of North Dakota School of Law with a $400,000 appropriation to support a staff attorney, training, interpreters and operational costs; Representative Murphy moved the due‑pass motion and the committee carried it in roll call.
Representative Lawrence Clameen presented House Bill 1,600 to the Appropriations Committee and described a proposal to establish an immigration law clinic at the University of North Dakota School of Law. "The bill contains an appropriation of, dollars 400,000," Clameen said, and he handed out a Dean’s cost estimate showing annual program needs of $150,000 to $200,000 for a staff attorney, travel, software, malpractice insurance,…
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