1999 Minnesota Statutes

     546.43 Proceedings where interpreter appointed.  

    Subdivision 1.  In a civil action in which a handicapped 
 person is a litigant or witness, the presiding judicial officer 
 shall appoint a qualified interpreter to serve throughout the 
 proceedings.  

    Subd. 2.  In a proceeding before a board, commission, 
 agency, or licensing authority of the state, or of a political 
 subdivision of the state, where a witness or the principal party 
 in interest is a handicapped person, all of the proceedings that 
 are pertinent shall be interpreted in a language the handicapped 
 person understands by a qualified interpreter appointed by the 
 board, commission, agency, or licensing authority.  

    HIST: 1975 c 337 s 2