Rule 10.762. Cross-assignments for court interpreter employees

#(1) "Home court" means the superior court in which the court interpreter is an employee. An employee's home court includes all locations of a superior court within a county.

#(2) "Away court" means the superior court to which the court interpreter is temporarily cross-assigned.

#(3) "Cross-assignment" means any assignment to perform spoken language interpretation for a superior court other than the interpreter's home court.

#(4) "Regional court interpreter coordinator" means a Judicial Council employee whose duty it is to locate, assign, and schedule available court interpreter employees for courts within and across regions, which are described under Government Code section 71807(a).

#(5) "Local court interpreter coordinator" means an employee of a superior court whose duty it is to locate, assign, and schedule available court interpreter employees for his or her court.

#(1) Under Government Code section 71804.5(b) a court interpreter employed by a superior court is not permitted to be an employee of more than one superior court. A court interpreter employed by a superior court may not contract with another court, but may accept appointments to provide services to more than one court through cross-assignments.

#(2) A superior court may attempt to fill an interpreting assignment with the employee of another court before hiring an independent contract court interpreter.

#(3) If a superior court wants to fill an interpreting assignment with the employee of another court, the court must notify the regional court interpreter coordinator to locate an employee of a court within or across regions.

#(4) Each local court interpreter coordinator must provide the schedule of each court interpreter employee available for cross-assignment to the regional court interpreter coordinator.

#(5) A superior court may adopt additional internal procedures for cross-assigning a court interpreter employee that are not inconsistent with Government Code section 71810 and this rule.

#(6) A Regional Court Interpreter Employment Relations Committee may approve alternative procedures for cross-assigning a court interpreter employee that permit the interpreter to directly arrange cross-assignments with an "away" court, provided that the procedures require notice to the regional coordinator.

#(1) The Superior Court of Ventura County may accept or provide interpreters on cross-assignment under the procedures established in Region 1, as defined by Government Code section 71807.

#(2) The Superior Court of Solano County may accept or provide interpreters on cross-assignment under the procedures established in Region 2, as defined by Government Code section 71807.