2.__Deaf interpreter; qualifications.__To be qualified to interpret in legal settings, an interpreter who is deaf must hold a current Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. Certificate of Interpretation or a Reverse Skills Certificate.__The person must satisfy the eligibility criteria for taking the Specialist Certificate: Legal exam or its successor on or before January 1, 2006.

3.__List of interpreters.__The Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Division of Deafness shall maintain a directory of all interpreters qualified to work in a legal setting.

Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

Administrative Office of the Courts

Initiative: Transfers funds from the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to the Administrative Office of the Courts for the purpose of funding American Sign Language interpreting and computer-assisted real-time transcription for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing who appear before the courts.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $80,000 $0

________ ________

General Fund Total $80,000 $0

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

GENERAL FUND $80,000 $0

________ ________

DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $80,000 $0

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF

Rehabilitation Services