Senate File 2129 - Enrolled

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  1  1                                             SENATE FILE 2129
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  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
  1  5    IOWANS OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE REGARDING
  1  6    INTERPRETER QUALIFICATIONS.
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  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1 10    Section 1.  Section 216A.155, Code 2007, is amended by
  1 11 adding the following new subsection:
  1 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  14.  Adopt rules, with stakeholder input,
  1 13 pursuant to chapter 17A, to develop a mechanism to ensure the
  1 14 qualifications of interpreters for Asian and Pacific Islander
  1 15 persons and maintain and provide a list of those deemed
  1 16 qualified to Iowa courts, administrative agencies, social
  1 17 service agencies, and health agencies, as requested.
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  1 20                                                             
  1 21                               JOHN P. KIBBIE
  1 22                               President of the Senate
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  1 25                                                             
  1 26                               PATRICK J. MURPHY
  1 27                               Speaker of the House
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  1 29    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  1 30 is known as Senate File 2129, Eighty=second General Assembly.
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  1 33                                                             
  1 34                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  1 35                               Secretary of the Senate
  2  1 Approved                , 2008
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  2  5 CHESTER J. CULVER
  2  6 Governor