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91_HB0649
LRB9102789RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act
2 by changing Section 3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act is
6 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
7 (725 ILCS 140/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 165-13)
8 Sec. 3. Fees; payment.
9 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the
10 court shall determine a reasonable fee for all such
11 interpreter services which shall be paid out of the general
12 county funds.
13 (b) Upon entry of an order of conviction or disposition
14 of supervision in any criminal proceeding in which
15 interpreter services are provided, the court may enter
16 against the defendant as additional costs and fees, the
17 reasonable costs of interpreter services. Upon appointment
18 of an interpreter by the court, the defendant must file with
19 the court an affidavit under oath setting forth the
20 defendant's ability to pay for the costs of interpreter
21 services. This subsection (b) does not apply to interpreters
22 for the deaf or hearing impaired.
23 (Source: P.A. 77-1527.)