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HB1858 Engrossed                               LRB9104974WHdv

 1        AN ACT to amend the Code of Civil Procedure  by  changing
 2    Section 8-1402.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Code of Civil  Procedure  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 8-1402 as follows:

 7        (735 ILCS 5/8-1402) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1402)
 8        Sec.   8-1402.   Accommodation   for  hearing  disability
 9    Interpreter for deaf.  Whenever any deaf person is a party to
10    any legal proceeding of any nature, or  a  juror  or  witness
11    therein, the court in all instances shall appoint a qualified
12    interpreter  of  the  deaf  sign-language  to  interpret  the
13    proceedings  to and the testimony of such deaf person. In the
14    case of a deaf juror,  the  interpreter  shall  be  available
15    throughout the actual trial and may accompany and communicate
16    with  such  juror throughout any period during which the jury
17    is   sequestered   or   engaged   in    its    deliberations.
18    Accommodations  shall  be made in accordance with the federal
19    Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 so that  a  qualified
20    individual  with  a  hearing  disability may participate as a
21    party, witness, juror, or spectator in any legal  proceeding.
22    The court shall determine and allow a reasonable fee for all
23    such interpreter's services provided under this Section which
24    shall be paid out of general county funds.
25    (Source: P.A. 83-461.)

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