Bill to fund court interpreters in rural areas</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Bill to fund court interpreters in rural areas"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Bill,to,fund,court,interpreters,in,rural,areas"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">21-04-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Bill to fund court interpreters in rural areas</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_ZDtuAY4FIe0opQSwd3dU_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Texas, USA (San Antonio Express): The wheels of justice turn slowly — sometimes because a witness or a defendant does not understand English and needs an interpreter who is not always immediately available, members of the Texas House were told Wednesday. But interpreters for a court proceeding would be available by telephone on a 24-hour basis under a bill approved by the House. <br>Rep. Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, the bill's author, said it's intended to relieve problems in smaller, rural counties where trials can be postponed because qualified interpreters are hard to come by. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA042105.12A.lege_interpreters.1f9ecbca8.html" target="blank">www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA042105.12A.lege_interpreters.1f9ecbca8.html</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show