Sincerely,

           

            J.B. Van Hollen

            Attorney General

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1

  As amended by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, sec. 3773.

2

  As amended by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, sec. 3774.

3

  The report may be found at http://wicourts.gov/services/interpreter/docs/newsreport00.pdf (last visited 9/18/2008).

4

  Deb Brescoll, Budget and Policy Officer, Director of State Court’s Office to Robert Nelson, Senior Attorney, Legislative Reference Bureau (August 22, 2006), at 2 (“The Circuit Courts requests [sic] the following statutory language modifications in order to require the appointment of court interpreters in all cases regardless of indigency and to authorize state reimbursement for county interpreter costs related to non-indigents.”). The report is part of the drafting record for 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, sec. 3773.

5

  See Department of Justice Memorandum Regarding Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons With Limited English Proficiency (October 26, 2001) available at http:/www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/13166.htm (last visited 9/18/2008).

6

  See 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub. L. No. 88-352, Title VI, § 601, 78 Stat. 252 (1964).

7

  Wisconsin Stat. § 800.09(1): “If a municipal court finds a defendant guilty, it may render judgment by ordering restitution . . . plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814.”