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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1142 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 725 ILCS 140/1 | from Ch. 38, par. 165-11 |
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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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| | HB1142 | | LRB102 03157 RLC 13170 b |
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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 |
| 12 | | expressing himself in the
English language so as to be |
| 13 | | understood directly by counsel, court or jury. If
the court |
| 14 | | finds the accused incapable of so understanding or so |
| 15 | | expressing
himself, the court shall appoint an interpreter for |
| 16 | | the accused whom he can
understand and who can understand him. |
| 17 | | In compliance with the federal Americans
with Disabilities Act |
| 18 | | of 1990, the right to communications access through a
sign |
| 19 | | language interpreter or other means shall extend to a person |
| 20 | | with a
disability who is accused of a violation of any penal |
| 21 | | statute of this State. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 88-201.)
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