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GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS
SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 558. INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS
Sec. 558.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "deaf or hearing
impaired" means having a hearing impairment, regardless of the
existence of a speech impairment, that inhibits:
(1) comprehension of an examination or proceeding; or
(2) communication with others.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 558.002. STATE EXAMINATIONS. (a) A deaf or hearing
impaired person taking a state examination required for state
employment or issuance of a state license is entitled, on
request, to an interpreter.
(b) The interpreter may be paid for not more than eight hours
for interpreting in a calendar day and is entitled to $5 for each
hour of interpreting in a calendar day, except that the
interpreter is entitled to $15 for the first hour.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 558.003. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (a)
In a proceeding before the governing body of a political
subdivision in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a
party are to be determined by the governing body after an
adjudicative hearing, the governing body shall supply for a party
who is deaf or hearing impaired an interpreter who has
qualifications approved by the Texas Commission for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing.
(b) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county,
municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other
subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to
a geographic portion of the state.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 835, Sec. 17, eff.
Sept. 1, 1995.
State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Texas > Government-code > Title-5-open-government-ethics > Chapter-558-interpreters-for-deaf-or-hearing-impaired-persons
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS
SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 558. INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS
Sec. 558.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "deaf or hearing
impaired" means having a hearing impairment, regardless of the
existence of a speech impairment, that inhibits:
(1) comprehension of an examination or proceeding; or
(2) communication with others.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 558.002. STATE EXAMINATIONS. (a) A deaf or hearing
impaired person taking a state examination required for state
employment or issuance of a state license is entitled, on
request, to an interpreter.
(b) The interpreter may be paid for not more than eight hours
for interpreting in a calendar day and is entitled to $5 for each
hour of interpreting in a calendar day, except that the
interpreter is entitled to $15 for the first hour.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 558.003. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (a)
In a proceeding before the governing body of a political
subdivision in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a
party are to be determined by the governing body after an
adjudicative hearing, the governing body shall supply for a party
who is deaf or hearing impaired an interpreter who has
qualifications approved by the Texas Commission for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing.
(b) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county,
municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other
subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to
a geographic portion of the state.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 835, Sec. 17, eff.
Sept. 1, 1995.
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TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS
SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 558. INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS
Sec. 558.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "deaf or hearing
impaired" means having a hearing impairment, regardless of the
existence of a speech impairment, that inhibits:
(1) comprehension of an examination or proceeding; or
(2) communication with others.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 558.002. STATE EXAMINATIONS. (a) A deaf or hearing
impaired person taking a state examination required for state
employment or issuance of a state license is entitled, on
request, to an interpreter.
(b) The interpreter may be paid for not more than eight hours
for interpreting in a calendar day and is entitled to $5 for each
hour of interpreting in a calendar day, except that the
interpreter is entitled to $15 for the first hour.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 558.003. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (a)
In a proceeding before the governing body of a political
subdivision in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a
party are to be determined by the governing body after an
adjudicative hearing, the governing body shall supply for a party
who is deaf or hearing impaired an interpreter who has
qualifications approved by the Texas Commission for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing.
(b) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county,
municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other
subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to
a geographic portion of the state.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 835, Sec. 17, eff.
Sept. 1, 1995.
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