(a) The regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall set terms and conditions of employment for court interpreters within the region, subject to meet and confer in good faith. These terms and conditions of employment, when adopted by the regional committee, shall be binding on the trial courts within the region. Compensation shall be uniform throughout the region. Unless otherwise provided in a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, other terms and conditions of employment shall be uniform throughout the region, except that health and welfare and pension benefits may be the same as those provided to other employees of the same trial court.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 556, Sec. 13. (AB 1032) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 14 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 556.)