TO: | Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1601 by Madden (Relating to the use of interpreter services in a criminal case.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would authorize the swearing in and use of a qualified telephone interpreter to interpret for a non-English speaking person in the trial of a Class C misdemeanor or a proceeding before a magistrate when an interpreter is not available in person. The bill also would allow a judge discretion to mandate reimbursement costs of interpreter services to counties as one of the conditions of community supervision.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, DLBa
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