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S1442................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
COURT RECORDS - Amends existing law to increase the amount to be charged by
court reporters for providing transcripts of court proceedings from $2.00
per page to $3.25 per page.
02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27 3rd rdg - PASSED - 27-7-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Ingram, Keough,
King, Lee, McLaughlin, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy,
Sorensen, Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler
NAYS--Frasure, Hansen, Hawkins, Noh, Schroeder, Stennett, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Ipsen
Floor Sponsors - Bunderson, Darrington
Title apvd - to House
03/02 House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18 3rd rdg - PASSED - 52-9-9
AYES -- Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15), Black(23),
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth,
Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Henbest, Hornbeck,
Jaquet, Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
Kjellander, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, Meyer, Miller,
Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Robison,
Sali, Schaefer, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Watson,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Geddes, Lake, McKague, Ridinger, Stevenson,
Stoicheff, Wheeler, Wood
Absent and excused -- Alltus, Boe, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Hansen,
Jones(9), Kunz, Trail
Floor Sponsor - Field(13)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/19 To enrol
03/20 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
Sp signed - to Governor
03/31 Governor VETOED
S1442|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1442 BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO COPIES OF CERTAIN COURT RECORDS; AMENDING SECTION 1-1105, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO INCREASE THE PER PAGE CHARGE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 5 SECTION 1. That Section 1-1105, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 6 amended to read as follows: 7 1-1105. COPY OF RECORD -- EFFECT -- CHARGE FOR FURNISHING. 1. It shall be 8 the duty of each reporter to furnish, upon order of the court entered upon 9 written application being made therefor by any attorney of record in a suit, 10 or any party to a suit, in which a stenographic record has been made, a type- 11 written copy, or copies, of the record, or any part thereof, upon the payment 12 by such attorney, or party, of the cost thereof, as provided insubdivi-13sion 2 hereofsubsection 2. of this section , to such 14 reporter, which payment shall be retained by the reporter as a part of his 15 compensation and in addition to his salary allowed by section 1-1102, Idaho 16 Code. Said copy, or copies, shall, when properly certified by said reporter, 17 constitute prima facie the minutes of the court, and may be used on all 18 motions for new trials, review or appeal, when the minutes of the court may be 19 used; and the cost of which may, when the same is used on review or appeal, be 20 charged as costs in a civil case against the party finally defeated in the 21 action. 22 2. That in all actions such reporter shall charge and receive, and retain 23 as provided insubdivision 1 hereofsubsection 1. of this 24 section ,twothree dollars and twenty- 25 five cents ($2.003.25 ) per page for the tran- 26 script to be prepared in the style and with the number of copies as directed 27 byRr ule of theSs upreme 28Cc ourt; provided, however, that when such transcript 29 is requested by a defendant or his attorney on an appeal in a criminal action 30 where after conviction, it appears to the satisfaction of the district court 31 that the accused is poor and unable to procure such transcript, the court must 32 direct payment to such court reporter of the page charge in this subdivision 33 provided, from the county treasury.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07645
The purpose of this legislation is to increase the per page appellate transcription rate from
$2.00 to $3.25 per page. It has been 18 years since the last increase and the current rate is
far below that of surrounding states and the current private sector rates in Idaho. Unlike
other state employees, court reporters furnish their own equipment necessary to their
employment. Today's court reporters are required to use expensive computers and
software unlike their counterparts of 18 years ago who used typewriters to prepare
transcripts.
This legislation will allow Idaho to keep and attract quality court reporters to work in our
judicial system by compensating them commensurate with surrounding states and assist
them in keeping current with today's specialized reporting technology.
FISCAL NOTE
No fiscal impact on the general fund.
There will be an impact to each county's district court fund. Based upon the number of
appellate transcript pages filed with the Idaho Supreme Court in 1996, it is estimated that
there will be an overall annual increase of $96,000 which would be apportioned between
Idaho counties depending on the number of indigent appeals filed within each specific
county. There will also be an estimated annual increase of $32,000 which would be paid by
those litigants who are not indigent using the appellate process.
CONTACT: Vicki Patterson
Idaho Court Reporters Association
345-5200 or 343~6444
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL
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