2005 Texas Government Code CHAPTER 558. INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS

GOVERNMENT CODE

CHAPTER 558. INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.           


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.           


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 835, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.