yearsf frozen rates our system and then to say to them you can't eve predict what's going to happen nexteek because the state government can't decide on a budget and it's going to be issug pieces of paper instead of the mone it'sery disconcertingor families and it certainly going to be isconcerting fo the individls that we serve. >> isn't just the poor and dibled who areaffected by the .o.u.'s. even aorneys who are appoted the courts to represent poor defendantson appeal are concerned they won't be able to get their mey. walt pyle is the preside of th california appellatedefense uncil, and he says he's ceived messages from more than 100 of his members who want to ow how toope with the i.o.u.'s. >> the kind of workwe do, we represent por people. nobody ge richrepresenting poor pple. many of ourpeople are -- have no savings of an -- of more than a month orix weeks and they're goingo be really pressed to find theoney to pay their bills, to pay their mortgage, to buy food for t family. many of them have spouse that are out of work >> repter: with banks reluctant tohonor state-issu i.o.u.'s, som