Sec. 4. Establishment of Center
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There is established in the District of Columbia a private nonmembership nonprofit corporation, which shall be known as the National Center for the Right to Counsel, for the purpose of— providing financial support to supplement, not supplant, funding for public defense systems; and providing financial and substantive support for training programs that aim to improve the delivery of legal services to indigent defendants. The Center shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia and shall maintain therein a designated agent to accept service of process for the Center.
Notice to or service upon the agent shall be deemed notice to or service upon the Center. The Center shall be eligible to be treated as an organization described in section 170(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. If such treatments are conferred in accordance with the provisions of such Code, the Center shall be subject to all provisions of such Code relevant to the conduct of organizations exempt from taxation.