| 1 | 1 | | 86R8978 PMO-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3627 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to qualifications of licensed court interpreters. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 57.002(b-1), Government Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b-1) A licensed court interpreter appointed by a court |
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| 12 | 12 | | under Subsection (a) or (b) must hold a license issued under Chapter |
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| 13 | 13 | | 157 [that includes the appropriate designation under Section |
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| 14 | 14 | | 157.101(d) that indicates the interpreter is permitted to interpret |
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| 15 | 15 | | in that court]. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 157.101, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 17 | 17 | | amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as |
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| 18 | 18 | | follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (d) A license issued under this chapter must include at |
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| 20 | 20 | | least one of the following designations: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a basic designation [that permits the interpreter |
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| 22 | 22 | | to interpret court proceedings in justice courts and municipal |
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| 23 | 23 | | courts that are not municipal courts of record, but the designation |
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| 24 | 24 | | does not permit the interpreter to interpret a proceeding before |
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| 25 | 25 | | the court in which the judge is acting as a magistrate]; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) a master designation [that permits the interpreter |
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| 27 | 27 | | to interpret court proceedings in all courts in this state, |
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| 28 | 28 | | including justice courts and municipal courts described by |
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| 29 | 29 | | Subdivision (1)]. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d-1) A court interpreter who holds a license issued under |
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| 31 | 31 | | this chapter may interpret court proceedings in all courts in this |
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| 32 | 32 | | state, regardless of whether the license has a basic designation or |
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| 33 | 33 | | master designation. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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