BILL NUMBER: AB 2370	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 68566 of the Government Code, relating to
court interpreters.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2370, as introduced, Chau. Court interpreters.
   Existing law provides for the regulation of court interpreters.
Existing law designates specified persons with the title "certified
court interpreter," and prohibits the use of that title by other
persons or entities.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 68566 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   68566.  A natural person who either (1) holds a valid certificate
as a certified court interpreter issued by a certification entity
approved by the Judicial Council, or (2) until January 1, 1996, is
named and maintained on the list of recommended court interpreters
previously established by the State Personnel Board or established by
an entity provisionally approved under subdivision (b) of Section
68562, shall be designated a "certified court interpreter." No other
person or entity shall use the title "certified court interpreter
 ,  " or represent that he or   , 
she  ,  or it is certified to interpret in or for the
courts.