93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2445


 
Introduced 2/3/2004, by J. Bradley Burzynski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













705 ILCS 35/4.4 new










    Amends the Circuit Courts Act.  Provides that, in civil cases requiring a court interpreter, the court may order the non-prevailing party to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the court interpreter.  Provides that, in a criminal case requiring a court interpreter in which the defendant is found guilty of the charges brought against him or her, the circuit court may order the defendant to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the court interpreter. Allows the circuit court the ability to adjust unreasonable fees and expenses of a court interpreter.



















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A BILL FOR









 














SB2445

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    AN ACT concerning circuit courts.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 4.4 as follows:
 
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    (705 ILCS 35/4.4  new)
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    Sec. 4.4. Court interpreter fees.
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    (a) In civil cases requiring a court interpreter, the court 
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may order the non-prevailing party to pay the reasonable fees 
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and expenses of the court interpreter.
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    (b) In a criminal case requiring a court interpreter in 
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which the defendant is found guilty of the charges brought 
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against him or her, the circuit court may order the defendant 
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to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the court 
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interpreter.  In criminal cases requiring a court interpreter in 
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which the defendant is found not guilty of the charges brought 
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against him or her, the circuit court shall pay the reasonable 
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fees and costs of the court interpreter.
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    (c)  The circuit court shall have the ability to adjust 
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unreasonable fees and expenses of a court interpreter.