FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.182
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEPARKER.
0699H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection476.806,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtofees
andexpensesforaninterpreterortranslatorincertainproceedings.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section476.806,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection476.806,toreadasfollows:
476.806.1.Interpretersandtranslatorsincivil,juvenile,andcriminalproceedings
2shallbeallowedareasonablefeeapprovedbythecourtandnecessarytravelexpensesnotto
3exceedstaterates.Interpretersshallnotbecompensatedfortraveltime.
4 2.Ifthepersonrequiringaninterpreterortranslatorduringtheproceedingisaparty
5toorawitnessin[anycriminal] theproceeding,suchfeesandexpensesshallbepayableby
6thestatefromfundsappropriatedforsuchpurpose.
7 3.Inallcasesnotincludedinsubsection2ofthissection,suchfeesandexpensesmay
8betaxedascostsbythecourttotheparties.Priortoanyproceedingrequiringaninterpreter
9ortranslator,thecourtmayordereitherparty,orboth,todepositmoneywiththecourtinan
10amountreasonablynecessarytocoversuchfeesandexpenses.Upondispositionofthe
11proceedingthecourtmayordersuchcostspaidfromsuchdepositandshallreturnanyportion
12ofthedepositnotusedforsuchcourtcoststotheparties.
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EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.