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Senate Bill S275

2011-2012 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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2011-S275 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง387, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S2147

2011-S275 (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.

2011-S275 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S275 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   275

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

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

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.
                                                           LBD01657-01-1

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