BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  AB 810
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          Date of Hearing:   May 18, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                     AB 810 (Wagner) - As Amended:  May 5, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              JudiciaryVote:9-0 
          (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill brings court interpreter statutes into conformity with 
          current law by deleting obsolete references to counties and 
          municipal courts, eliminating outdated terminology regarding 
          officers and attach�s, purging improper fee citations, and 
          cross-referencing the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and 
          Labor Relations Act.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact, as the bill is declarative of existing 
          law and practice.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . The bill is sponsored by the California Association of 
          Clerks and Election Officials to implement a 2009 report from 
          the California Law Revision Commission entitled "Statutes made 
          Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring."  According to the 
          author, "Prior to 2007, courts provided 
          translation/interpretation services for constituents who 
          required documents to be translated into English for recordation 
          at the county.  AB 349 (Salas, '07) was introduced to assist 
          counties with this new burdensome responsibility and direct 
          county clerks to verify the status of the translator rather than 
          the translation.  This bill will clean up the existing Code 
          sections that contain overlapping references to obligations for 
          translation and county recordation."

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 









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