For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) âCertified interpreterâ and âregistered interpreterâ have the same meanings as in Article 4 (commencing with Section 68560) of Chapter 2. This chapter does not apply to sign language interpreters. (b) âCourt proceedingsâ has the same meaning as subdivision (a) of Section 68560.5. (c) âCross-assignâ and âcross-assignmentâ refer to the appointment of a court interpreter employed by a trial court to perform spoken language interpretation services in another trial court, pursuant to Section 71810. (d) âEmployee organizationâ means a labor organization that has as one of its purposes representing employees in their relations with the trial courts. (e) âIntermittent, part-time interpreterâ is a court interpreter who works as an intermittent employee on a day-by-day basis as described in Section 71803. (f) âLocal compensationâ means any amounts paid to employee interpreters by an individual trial court that are not paid pursuant to the regional memorandum of understanding and are not calculated on an hourly basis. (g) âMediationâ means effort by an impartial third party to assist in reconciling a dispute regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between representatives of the trial court or regional court interpreter committee and the recognized employee organization through interpretation, suggestion, and advice. (h) âMeet and confer in good faithâ means that a trial court or regional court interpreter committee or those representatives it may designate, and representatives of a recognized employee organization, shall have the mutual obligation personally to meet and confer promptly upon request by either party and continue for a reasonable period of time in order to exchange freely information, opinions, and proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation. The process shall include adequate time for the resolution of impasses where specific procedures for resolution are contained in this chapter, or when the procedures are used by mutual consent. (i) âPersonnel rules,â âpersonnel policies, procedures, and plans,â and ârules and regulationsâ mean policies, procedures, plans, rules, or regulations adopted by a trial court or its designee pertaining to conditions of employment of trial court employees, subject to meet and confer in good faith. (j) âRecognized employee organizationâ means an employee organization that has been formally acknowledged to represent the court interpreters employed by the trial courts in a region, pursuant to this chapter. (k) âRegional court interpreter employment relations committeeâ means the committee established pursuant to Section 71807. ( l ) âRegional transition periodâ means the period from January 1, 2003, to July 1, 2005, inclusive, except that the transition period for the region may be terminated earlier by a memorandum of understanding or agreement between the regional court interpreter employment relations committee and a recognized employee organization. (m) âRelay interpretingâ is the process by which two interpreters with different language pairs work in tandem to communicate between the target language and English. (n) âTransferâ means transfer within the trial court as defined in the trial courtâs personnel policies, procedures, and plans, subject to meet and confer in good faith. (o) âTrial courtâ means the superior court in each county. (p) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.
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