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H0241................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
COURT REPORTERS - Amends existing law to delete the annual salary schedule
for court reporters; to provide for the salary of court reporters; to
delete reference to the Supreme Court's discretionary authorization of
salaries in excess of scheduled salaries for certain reporters; to provide
that the Supreme Court shall establish and maintain a personnel plan for
court reporters; to delete reference to the temporary effect of the salary
schedule; and to provide for ratification of the salary schedule through
the appropriation process of the Legislature.
02/14 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15 Rpt prt - to Jud
03/02 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/06 3rd rdg - FAILED - 23-38-9
AYES -- Bieter, Black, Boe, Crow, Denney, Field(13), Gagner, Gould,
Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Lake, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss,
Pomeroy, Ridinger, Sellman, Smith, Stone, Trail, Young
NAYS -- Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Cuddy, Ellis,
Ellsworth, Eskridge, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Higgins, Hornbeck,
Kellogg, Kendell, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Moyle, Pearce,
Pischner, Roberts, Robison, Schaefer, Shepherd, Smylie, Stevenson,
Swan(Hansen), Tilman, Wheeler.
Absent and excused -- Callister, Deal, Field(20), Kunz, Langford,
Raybould, Sali, Wood, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor -- Field(13)
Filed w/ Office of the Chief Clerk
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 241
BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT REPORTERS; AMENDING SECTION 1-1102, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 STRIKE THE ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE, TO PROVIDE FOR SALARY OF REPORTERS, TO
4 STRIKE REFERENCE TO THE SUPREME COURT'S DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATION OF
5 SALARIES IN EXCESS OF SCHEDULED SALARIES FOR CERTAIN REPORTERS, TO STRIKE
6 AN OUTDATED COMMENCEMENT DATE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SUPREME COURT SHALL
7 ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PERSONNEL PLAN FOR COURT REPORTERS, TO STRIKE
8 REFERENCE TO THE TEMPORARY EFFECT OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE, TO PROVIDE FOR
9 RATIFICATION OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE THROUGH THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS OF
10 THE LEGISLATURE AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
12 SECTION 1. That Section 1-1102, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
13 amended to read as follows:
14 1-1102. OATH, BOND, SALARY AND EXPENSES -- COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.
15 (1) Said reporter shall take the oath required to be taken by the judicial
16 officers; and be bonded to the state of Idaho in the form and manner pre-
17 scribed by chapter 8, title 59, Idaho Code; and hold his office during the
18 pleasure of said judge, and shall receive an annual salary commencing on July
19 1, 1989, according to the following schedule:.
20 Years as Idaho District Annual
21 Court Reporter Salary
22 0-1 (if hired after 7-1-89) $27,000
23 1-2 $28,505
24 3-4 $29,503
25 5 or more $30,683
26 The reporter's salary shall be paid on regular pay periods not less frequently
27 than monthly as determined by order of the supreme court. The supreme court
28 may, in its discretion, authorize a higher starting salary than that set forth
29 in subsection (1) of this section for any shorthand reporter who has been cer-
30 tified as either a certified shorthand reporter or registered public reporter
31 and who has previous court reporting experience in another state.
32 (2) Commencing July 1, 1990, the chief justice of tThe supreme court
33 shall establish and maintain, consistent with the provisions of this section
34 and other applicable provisions of law, a personnel plan for district court
35 reporters governing their appointment, promotion, classification, minimum
36 qualifications, compensation and salary schedule, expenses, leave, transfer,
37 lay-off, removal, discipline and other incidents of employment of those dis-
38 trict court reporters. The salary schedule promulgated pursuant to the author-
39 ity conferred in this section shall be of temporary effect and must be rati-
40 fied by the legislature through the appropriation process at the regular leg-
41 islative session first following its adoption. Any such salary schedule, or
42 portions thereof, not approved in the above manner shall be rejected, null and
2
1 void and of no force and effect on July 1 of the year, following submission of
2 such schedule to the legislature. Provided, however, that any such salary
3 schedule, or portions thereof, previously ratified by the legislature in the
4 manner provided for herein shall continue in full force and effect until modi-
5 fied in the manner provided for herein. To the extent possible, the personnel
6 plan shall recognize performance as measured by factors such as productivity,
7 reliability, effectiveness and longevity.
8 (3) There shall be paid in addition to said salary, to each of the court
9 reporters of the district courts, out of the state treasury, for each term of
10 district court held by the judge thereof, for the trial and disposition of
11 causes and the transaction of business under the laws of the state, in other
12 counties than that in which said court reporter resides, his actual and neces-
13 sary expenses for traveling and attending each term: provided, however, that
14 no stenographic reporter shall be paid his salary, or any portion thereof,
15 unless he shall have first taken and subscribed an oath that he has prepared
16 the transcript of the testimony on appeal either in a civil or criminal
17 action, or specified portion thereof, in the order in which the copy of the
18 order directing him to prepare the same has been served upon him: provided,
19 however, that the estimated cost of transcribing such transcript shall have
20 been paid to such reporter at the time of the service of the copy of the order
21 upon him.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS10829
This bill amends section 1-1102, Idaho Code, relating to
the compensation and expenses of court reporters, to clarify
that the Supreme Court shall establish the annual salary of
district court reporters in accordance with the present
provisions in this statute which directs the Supreme Court to
devise a personnel plan for reporters that covers their
appointment, classification, minimum qualifications,
compensation, and other incidents of employment. The annual
salary set by the Supreme Court would be ratified by the
Legislature through the appropriation process.
At the request of the Legislature, the Idaho Supreme Court
reactivated a court reporter committee in 1997 to consider a
number of policy issues regarding court reporting in the Idaho
Judiciary, including competency standards and an appropriate
compensation structure. The compensation schedule tentatively
adopted by the Supreme Court contemplates three categories of
reporter compensation based on their level of competence in
real-time reporting utilizing computer-aided translation.
FISCAL NOTE
A request for additional general funds in the amount of
$95,900 for fiscal year 2002 has been made to the Joint Finance
and Appropriations Committee to accommodate the annual salary
schedule tentatively approved by the Supreme Court under the
authority of this section of the code.
Contact Person:
Representative Debbie Field
(208) 332-1000
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note House Bill No. 241