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IN HB1556
Bill
Status
1/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Bauer
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the superintendent of the state police department to hire qualified translators who are not state police officers to translate recorded intercepted communications from non-English languages into English.
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Requires translators to be qualified as experts in translating the specific foreign language into English, as determined by the superintendent.
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Creates a Level 5 felony offense for translators employed under this law who knowingly or intentionally use or disclose intercepted communication contents in violation of interception laws.
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Applies the unlawful use or disclosure offense to both criminal justice system employees and contract translators engaged under the new translation authorization provision.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Translations of intercepted communications. Provides that if the contents of a recorded interception of an electronic communication include language of a person who is speaking in a language other than English, the superintendent of the state police department may employ or otherwise engage the services of a qualified person who is not a state police officer or otherwise employed by the state police department to act as a translator and provide an English translation of the contents of the recorded interception that are in a language other than English. Makes it unlawful use or disclosure of an interception, a Level
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/20/2015