Nevada § 1.530 Committee to advise Court Administrator regarding adoption of rules relating to certification or registration of interpreters; report

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§ 1.530 — Committee to advise Court Administrator regarding adoption of rules relating to certification or registration of interpreters; report

Nevada·Title 1 STATE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT·Ch. 1 Judicial· Court Interpreters for Persons Who Speak Language Other Than English

1. The Chief Justice shall appoint, from a list of recommendations submitted by the Court Administrator, a committee to advise the Court Administrator regarding the adoption of rules pursuant to NRS 1.510 and 1.520 . The committee must consist of:

(a)A district judge;

(b)A justice of the peace or municipal judge;

(c)An administrator of a district court;

(d)An administrator of a justice court or municipal court;

(e)A representative of the Nevada System of Higher Education;

(f)A representative of a nonprofit organization which serves persons who speak a language other than English;

(g)A person certified to act as an interpreter for a court of this State or a federal court;

(h)A person certified to act as an interpreter for a court of this State in the Spanish language; and

(i)A pers

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1. The Chief Justice shall appoint, from a list of recommendations submitted by the Court Administrator, a committee to advise the Court Administrator regarding the adoption of rules pursuant to NRS 1.510 and 1.520 . The committee must consist of:
(a) A district judge;
(b) A justice of the peace or municipal judge;
(c) An administrator of a district court;
(d) An administrator of a justice court or municipal court;
(e) A representative of the Nevada System of Higher Education;
(f) A representative of a nonprofit organization which serves persons who speak a language other than English;
(g) A person certified to act as an interpreter for a court of this State or a federal court;
(h) A person certified to act as an interpreter for a court of this State in the Spanish language; and
(i) A person certified or registered to act as an interpreter for a court of this State in a language other than Spanish.
2. The Court Administrator is ex officio chair of the committee and may designate another member of the committee to serve as the vice chair of the committee.
3. Members of the committee shall serve in that capacity without any additional compensation.
4. The committee shall submit an annual report to the Chief Justice and to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature and make the annual report available to the public. The annual report must contain, without limitation:
(a) A summary of the activities of the committee during the immediately preceding year, including any revisions to the Nevada State Court Language Access Plan adopted by the Nevada Certified Court Interpreter Program as established pursuant to NRS 1.510 ; and
(b) Statistical information concerning the usage of court interpreters in courts of this State for persons with limited English proficiency, including, without limitation, information on the usage of:
(1) Certified and registered court interpreters; and
(2) Court interpreters who are not certified or registered when a certified or registered court interpreter is not available.
5. As used in this section, “person with limited English proficiency” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 1.510 .

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