86R8978 PMO-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3627
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to qualifications of licensed court interpreters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 57.002(b-1), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b-1) A licensed court interpreter appointed by a court
under Subsection (a) or (b) must hold a license issued under Chapter
157 [that includes the appropriate designation under Section
157.101(d) that indicates the interpreter is permitted to interpret
in that court].
SECTION 2. Section 157.101, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
follows:
(d) A license issued under this chapter must include at
least one of the following designations:
(1) a basic designation [that permits the interpreter
to interpret court proceedings in justice courts and municipal
courts that are not municipal courts of record, but the designation
does not permit the interpreter to interpret a proceeding before
the court in which the judge is acting as a magistrate]; or
(2) a master designation [that permits the interpreter
to interpret court proceedings in all courts in this state,
including justice courts and municipal courts described by
Subdivision (1)].
(d-1) A court interpreter who holds a license issued under
this chapter may interpret court proceedings in all courts in this
state, regardless of whether the license has a basic designation or
master designation.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.