Opinion ID: 2584686
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Legal Proceeding

Text: ¶ 14 Because of the preceding analysis, it is unnecessary for this court to determine whether the Department's actions were legal proceedings within the statutory definition provided in RCW 2.43.020(3). [7] However, we note that the right under RCW 2.43.040 for LEP individuals to receive government-paid interpreter services requires both (1) that the government entity initiate the action and (2) that the action satisfy the statutory definition of a legal proceeding. If either of these conditions is not satisfied, then a nonindigent LEP individual is responsible for interpreter costs in administrative proceedings under chapter 2.43 RCW. ¶ 15 As RCW 2.43.040 specifically addresses and definitively establishes that petitioners are not statutorily entitled to government-paid interpreter services at the department or board level, we do not analyze the issue under the general policy provisions of RCW 2.43.010.