By: Deuell S.B. No. 2420
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;
April 22, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 22, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the location at which a certification examination for
interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing may be conducted.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 81.007, Human Resources
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(i) The commission shall determine the frequency for
conducting the interpreter examinations. The commission shall
conduct the interpreter examinations:
(1) in a space [Austin at the commission's office or in
other space owned or leased by the state] that can be obtained free
of charge; or
(2) at a facility selected in compliance with Section
2113.106, Government Code [in other cities in this state in space
that can be obtained free of charge].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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