2005 Minnesota Statutes

     546.43 Proceedings where interpreter appointed.  

    Subdivision 1.    Qualified interpreter.  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.    Interpreter required.  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