Bill Text: TX SB1620 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certified communication access realtime translation providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1620 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1620-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1620 |
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relating to certified communication access realtime translation | ||
providers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 57.001, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivisions (8) and (9) to read as follows: | ||
(8) "Communication access realtime translation" or | ||
"CART" means the immediate verbatim translation of the spoken word | ||
into English text by a certified CART provider. | ||
(9) "Certified CART provider" means an individual who | ||
holds a certification to provide communication access realtime | ||
translation services at an advanced or master level issued by the | ||
Texas Court Reporters Association or another certification | ||
association selected by the department. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 57.002, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 57.002. APPOINTMENT OF INTERPRETER OR CART PROVIDER; | ||
CART PROVIDER LIST. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 57.002, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) A court shall appoint a certified court interpreter or a | ||
certified CART provider for an individual who has a hearing | ||
impairment or a licensed court interpreter for an individual who | ||
can hear but does not comprehend or communicate in English if a | ||
motion for the appointment of an interpreter or provider is filed by | ||
a party or requested by a witness in a civil or criminal proceeding | ||
in the court. | ||
(b) A court may, on its own motion, appoint a certified | ||
court interpreter or a certified CART provider for an individual | ||
who has a hearing impairment or a licensed court interpreter for an | ||
individual who can hear but does not comprehend or communicate in | ||
English. | ||
(f) The department shall maintain a list of certified CART | ||
providers and, on request, may send the list to a person or court. | ||
SECTION 4. Subdivision (6), Section 57.001, and Subsection | ||
(d), Section 57.021, Government Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1620 passed the Senate on | ||
April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1620 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |