Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Legal Aid to be overseen by a Civil Legal Aid Board, providing a right to the appointment of counsel at state expense for residential tenants in eviction actions, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Summary

The bill sets up an Office of Civil Legal Aid that will be overseen by a nine‑member board appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It requires landlords to include a notice in rental agreements about a tenant’s right to state‑funded counsel in eviction actions, and it allows the director of the new office to appoint attorneys unless the tenant waives the right. State money is appropriated to fund the office’s operations and to promote the right‑to‑counsel program.

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