IN RE COURT INTERPRETER RULES

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                                             No. AOSC03-8




        IN RE:        COURT INTERPRETER              RULES

                                      ADM~ISTWTIVE           ORDER


               WHEREAS, it has come to the Court’s attention that there may exist the need

        for rules of procedure regarding Court Interpreters;    and

               WHEREAS, the matter has previously been studied by a workgroup within the

        Office of the State Courts Administrator      (OSCA); and

              WHEREAS, the workgroup recommended               changes to the Rules of Judicial

        Administration;   and

              WHEREAS,          the Court referred    those changes   to the Rules of Judicial

        Administration    Committee of The Florida Bar (the “Cornmittee”); and

              WHEREAS, the Committee has recommended             that the proposed rules should

        be made by a group more knowledgeable             with regard to the issues than the

        Committee;

              NOW THEREFORE, I, Harry Lee Anstead, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

        of Florida do hereby appoint the following circuit court chief judges to the Supreme
Court Interpreter’s   Committee    (SCIC) to study this matter and submit a report

regarding the need for rules and any proposed rules deemed warranted by the SCIC:

              The   Honorable   Joseph P. Farina, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Chair
              The   Honorable   Stan R. Morris, Eighth Judicial Circuit
              The   Honorable   Manuel Menendez, Jr., Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
              The   Honorable   Judy Pittman, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
              The   Honorable   Edward H. Fine, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit

       The SCIC should also consider         whether any action, including    statutory

revision, would be necessary or desirable by the Florida Legislature.    If such action

is appropriate,   the SCIC should recommend to this Court what recommendations

should be made to the Legislature.     The report and any proposed rules shall be filed

with the Clerk of Court, Thomas D. Hall, on or before April 15, 2003.

       Staffing for SCIC shall be provided by the OSCA.

       DONE AND ORDERED at Tallahassee, Florida, on February 12,2003.




                                                   d,Y&
                                                    Chl~ustice    Harry Lee Anstead

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