Government Code section 71803
(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.
Source:
Section 71803, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=71803. (updated Jan. 1, 2024; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).
