{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"71803","citation":"Gov. Code, § 71803","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 8. THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS [68070. - 77655.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7.5. Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act [71800. - 71828.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-8/chapter-7.5"}],"history":"Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 556, Sec. 6.   (AB 1032)   Effective January 1, 2024.   Operative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.","effective":"2024-01-01","html":"<p>(a) In each trial court, there shall be an employee classification entitled “intermittent, part-time interpreter” to perform simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and sight translation in spoken languages for the trial courts. Unless otherwise provided in a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, all of the following applies to employees in this classification:</p><p>(1) They shall be appointed by the trial court to perform work on an as needed basis.</p><p>(2) They shall be paid on a per diem basis for work performed.</p><p>(3) They are not required to receive health, pension, or paid leave benefits.</p><p>(b) Intermittent, part-time interpreters may accept appointments to provide services in other trial courts pursuant to Section <a href=\"/gov/71810\">71810</a>.</p><p>(c) A trial court may hire registered or nonregistered interpreters as employees to perform relay interpretation.</p><p>(d) Unless otherwise provided in a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, no rules and regulations or personnel rules shall limit the number of hours or days intermittent, part-time interpreters are permitted to work.</p><p>(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.</p>","text":"(a) In each trial court, there shall be an employee classification entitled “intermittent, part-time interpreter” to perform simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and sight translation in spoken languages for the trial courts. Unless otherwise provided in a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, all of the following applies to employees in this classification: (1) They shall be appointed by the trial court to perform work on an as needed basis. (2) They shall be paid on a per diem basis for work performed. (3) They are not required to receive health, pension, or paid leave benefits. (b) Intermittent, part-time interpreters may accept appointments to provide services in other trial courts pursuant to Section 71810. (c) A trial court may hire registered or nonregistered interpreters as employees to perform relay interpretation. (d) Unless otherwise provided in a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, no rules and regulations or personnel rules shall limit the number of hours or days intermittent, part-time interpreters are permitted to work. (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/trial-court-interpreter-employment-and-labor-relations-act-71803","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}