A. Whenever an appointing authority receives a valid request for the services of an interpreter, the appointing authority shall request the commission for deaf and hard-of- hearing persons to furnish a list of interpreters.

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 38-9-7

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
    • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
    • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
    • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).

B. The New Mexico association of the deaf and the New Mexico registry of interpreters for the deaf are authorized to assist the commission to prepare and continually update a listing of available interpreters. When requested by an appointing authority to provide assistance in providing an interpreter, the commission shall supply a list of available interpreters.

C. An interpreter who has been appointed shall be reimbursed by the appointing authority at a fixed rate reflecting a current approved fee schedule as established by the commission and the administrative office of the courts. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any state department, board, institution, commission, agency or licensing authority or any political subdivision of the state from employing an interpreter on a full-time basis or under contract at a mutually agreed upon compensation rate.

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