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OH HB309
Bill
Status
9/17/2014
Primary Sponsor
Dorothy Pelanda
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AI Summary
HB 309 Summary
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Eliminates requirement that courts evaluate qualifications of interpreters for mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons before appointment
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Prohibits taxation of interpreter fees as court costs against indigent parties; requires county or municipal corporation to pay interpreter fees instead
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Eliminates all fees, costs, deposits, and charges for petitioners seeking protection orders, including fees for filing, modification, enforcement, dismissal, withdrawal, registration, and witness subpoenas for domestic violence, anti-stalking, sexually oriented offense, and other protection order proceedings
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Allows courts to assess costs against respondents/defendants in protection order cases but not against petitioners/movants
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Applies fee prohibitions across multiple court proceedings: juvenile protection orders, criminal pretrial protection orders, and domestic relations civil protection orders
Legislative Description
To prohibit the taxation of interpreter's fees as court costs if the party to be taxed is indigent and require payment of the fees by the county or municipal corporation in which the court is located, to eliminate the requirement that a court evaluate the qualifications of an interpreter for a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person before appointing the interpreter, and to provide that no fee, cost, deposit, or money may be charged to a person who seeks a protection order for the modification, enforcement, dismissal, or withdrawal of a domestic violence, anti-stalking, sexually oriented offense, or other type of protection order or consent agreement or for the service of a witness subpoena.
Domestic violence/stalking/sex offense protection order-no charge for
Last Action
Effective Date
9/17/2014