By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 2656
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to licensing examinations for certain court interpreters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 157.103(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) Examinations shall be offered:
(1) in person in each county with a population of
800,000 or more [the state] at least once [twice] a year at times
and places designated by the director; or
(2) in person at times and places designated by the
director, if any, and online at least twice a year at times
designated by the director.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.
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