[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10060]


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[Federal Register: April 26, 1994]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

Bylaws of the Legal Services Corporation

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the bylaws of the 
Legal Services Corporation (LSC or Corporation) and proposes to amend 
the provision of the bylaws governing amendments to the bylaws.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel, 
Legal Services Corporation, 202-336-8810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By final rule published elsewhere in this 
issue of the Federal Register, the Corporation has withdrawn its bylaws 
from the Code of Federal Regulations. Copies of the Corporation's 
bylaws, however, are available to the public, and may be obtained by 
submitting a request to: Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel, at the 
address noted.
    At the April 16, 1994, meeting of the Corporation's Board of 
Directors (Board), the Board proposed to delete the following provision 
of the bylaws governing publication of proposed amendments to the 
bylaws:

    Whenever feasible, the proposed amendment [to the bylaws] shall 
have been published in the Federal Register at least thirty (30) 
days before the meeting [at which the action to amend the bylaws is 
taken] and interested parties shall have been afforded a reasonable 
opportunity to comment thereon.

    The Corporation's bylaws are purely internal procedural rules 
governing the Board and the officers and employees of the Corporation. 
As such, the bylaws are rules of organization and procedure which do 
not affect the rights and interests of parties outside the Corporation. 
Therefore, the bylaws are not subject to the notice and comment and/or 
publication requirements of the LSC Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e), and are 
not of sufficient interest to the public to otherwise require that a 
notice and comment and/or publication procedure be followed prior to 
their amendment.
    Furthermore, in order to proceed with the process of updating the 
Corporation's bylaws, the Board believes that prompt consideration of 
this proposed amendment is important and desirable. Thus, the Board has 
deemed it necessary to act on the proposed amendment at the next Board 
meeting, scheduled for May 14, 1994. Publication of this notice of 
proposed amendment 30 days prior to Board consideration would, 
therefore, not be feasible. The Board believes, however, that since the 
proposed amendment affects a single provision of the bylaws in a very 
straightforward manner, a shorter notice period provides an ample and 
reasonable opportunity for comment by any interested members of the 
public.

    Dated: April 20, 1994.
Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 94-10060 Filed 4-25-94; 8:45 am]
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