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Public Act 90-0771

SB445 Enrolled                                 LRB9002462LDdv

    AN ACT to create the Foreign Language  Court  Interpreter
Act.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
Foreign Language Court Interpreter Act.

    Section  5.   Foreign Language Court Interpreter Program.
The Supreme Court may establish and  administer  by  rule  or
procedure  a program of testing and certification for foreign
language court interpreters.  The program may provide that:
         (1)  The Administrative Office  of  Illinois  Courts
    may  work cooperatively with community colleges and other
    private or public educational institutions and with other
    public  or   private   organizations   to   establish   a
    certification   preparation   curriculum   and   suitable
    training programs to ensure the availability of certified
    interpreters.   Training  programs  may  be  made readily
    available throughout the State.
         (2)  The Administrative Office  of  Illinois  Courts
    may establish and adopt standards of proficiency, written
    and oral, in English and the language to be interpreted.
         (3)  The  Administrative  Office  of Illinois Courts
    may  conduct  periodic   examinations   to   ensure   the
    availability   of   certified   interpreters.    Periodic
    examinations may be made readily available throughout the
    State.
         (4)  The  Administrative  Office  of Illinois Courts
    may compile, maintain, and disseminate a current list  of
    interpreters  certified  by  the Administrative Office of
    Illinois Courts.
         (5)  The Administrative Office  of  Illinois  Courts
    may  charge reasonable fees, as authorized by the Supreme
    Court, for testing, training, and  certification.   These
    fees   shall  be  deposited  into  the  Foreign  Language
    Interpreter Fund, which is hereby created  as  a  special
    fund in the State Treasury.
         (6)  The   expenses   of   testing,   training,  and
    certifying foreign language court interpreters under  the
    program, as authorized by the Supreme Court, may be paid,
    subject  to  appropriation,  from  the  Foreign  Language
    Interpreter  Fund  or any other source of funds available
    for this purpose.

    Section 90.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
Section 5.480 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/5.480 new)
    Sec. 5.480.  The Foreign Language Interpreter Fund.

    Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
January 1, 1999.
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