Bill Text: IL HB1425 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the appointment of an interpreter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1425 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1425-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 140/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 165-11)
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7 | Sec. 1.
Whenever any person accused of committing a felony | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | or misdemeanor is
to be tried in any court of this State, the
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9 | the court shall upon its own motion or
that of defense or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | prosecution determine whether the accused is capable of
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11 | understanding the English language and is capable of expressing | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | himself in the
English language so as to be understood directly | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | by counsel, court or jury. If
the court finds the accused | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | incapable of so understanding or so expressing
himself, the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | court shall appoint an interpreter for the accused whom he can
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16 | understand and who can understand him. In compliance with the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | federal Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990, the right to | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | communications access through a
sign language interpreter or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | other means shall extend to a person with a
disability who is | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | accused of a violation of any penal statute of this State. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 88-201.)
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