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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 249
BY SENATOR CARTER
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Provides relative to interpreters for non-English-speaking
persons in civil protective order cases. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Art. 192.2(B), relative to interpreters in
3 certain civil proceedings; to provide relative to costs; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Art. 192.2(B) is hereby amended and reenacted
7 to read as follows:
8 Art. 192.2. Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking persons
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10 B. The court shall order payment to the interpreter for his services at a fixed
11 reasonable amount, and that amount shall be paid out of the appropriate court fund,
12 except as provided in Paragraph C of this Article. The amount paid out of the fund
13 may be taxed by the court as costs of court to be reimbursed to the fund.
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15 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
16 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
17 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 249 Original 2020 Regular Session Carter
Present law requires the court to order payment out of the court fund to the interpreter for
his services at a fixed reasonable amount in civil proceedings.
Present law specifies that the amount paid out of the court fund may be taxed by the court
as costs of court to be reimbursed to the fund.
Proposed law eliminates the authorization that the amount paid out of the court fund to the
interpreter be taxed by the court as costs of court to be reimbursed to the fund.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 192.2(B))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.