Bill Text: IL HB1740 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the appointment of an interpreter.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1740 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1740-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB1740 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 140/1 from Ch. 38, par. 165-11
Amends the Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the appointment of an interpreter.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(725 ILCS 140/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 165-11)
Sec. 1. Whenever any person accused of committing a felony
or misdemeanor is to be tried in any court of this State, the
the court shall upon its own motion or that of defense or
prosecution determine whether the accused is capable of
understanding the English language and is capable of expressing
himself in the English language so as to be understood directly
by counsel, court or jury. If the court finds the accused
incapable of so understanding or so expressing himself, the
court shall appoint an interpreter for the accused whom he can
understand and who can understand him. In compliance with the
federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the right to
communications access through a sign language interpreter or
other means shall extend to a person with a disability who is
accused of a violation of any penal statute of this State.
(Source: P.A. 88-201.)