{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-558.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 558.002","heading":"STATE EXAMINATIONS.","body":"(a) A deaf or hearing impaired person taking a state examination required for state employment or issuance of a state license is entitled, on request, to an interpreter.\n(b) The interpreter may be paid for not more than eight hours for interpreting in a calendar day and is entitled to $5 for each hour of interpreting in a calendar day, except that the interpreter is entitled to $15 for the first hour.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 558. INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.558.htm#558.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"f44bfcb2b35efcd50d2ccfe12589100db27637beeea66e04371bd1b369b75462","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-558.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-558.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}