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Senate Bill S2147

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows certain courts of record to fix the compensation of a temporary appointed interpreter at not more than two hundred fifty dollars per day

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2009-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5346
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง387, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S275

2009-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the amount of compensation which a court may pay to a temporary appointed interpreter to not more than two hundred fifty dollars per day.

2009-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2147

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. MAZIARZ, DeFRANCISCO, DIAZ, MORAHAN, VOLKER -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend the judiciary law, in relation to the compensation of
  interpreters for certain courts of record

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 387 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 15
of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
  S 387. Temporary appointment of interpreters. If the  services  of  an
interpreter be required in any court and there be no unemployed official
interpreter  to act therein, the court may appoint an interpreter to act
temporarily in such court. Such interpreter shall before  entering  upon
his  duties  file with the clerk of the court the constitutional oath of
office. The court shall fix the compensation of such interpreter at  not
more than [twenty-five] TWO HUNDRED FIFTY dollars per day for each day's
actual  attendance  by  direction  of the presiding judge or justice and
such compensation shall be paid from the court fund of the  county  upon
the order of the court.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02279-01-9

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