Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 1 - Judicial Department Generally
NRS 1.530 - Committee to advise Court Administrator regarding regulations relating to certification or registration of interpreters; report.

1. The Chief Justice shall appoint, from a list of recommendations submitted to the Chief Justice by the Court Administrator, a committee to advise the Court Administrator regarding adoption of regulations 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 in a county whose population is less than 100,000;
(c) An administrator of a district court;
(d) An administrator of a justice court or municipal court in a county whose population is less than 100,000;
(e) A representative of the Nevada System of Higher Education;
(f) A representative of a nonprofit organization for 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.
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 fiscal year, including any development of recommendations for 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, including, without limitation, information on the usage of certified and registered court interpreters and the demand for court interpreters for persons with limited English proficiency in courts of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 802; A 2021, 929)

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