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H0155................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION SHORTHAND REPORTERS - Amends existing law relating to the Certified Shorthand Reporters Act to clarify a definition; to revise examination requirements; to delete language providing for experience qualifications as established by rule; to increase the maximum reinstatement fee; to provide for a fee for examination preparation materials; and to revise provisions applicable to the conduct of examinations. 02/10 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/11 Rpt prt - to Jud 02/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/01 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-4-2 AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Jones, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, Miller, Mitchell, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker NAYS -- Barrett, McKague, Moyle, Wood Absent and excused -- Black, Collins Floor Sponsor - LeFavour Title apvd - to Senate 03/02 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud 03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-0, 1 vacancy AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- (District 21 seat vacant) Floor Sponsor - Kelly Title apvd - to House 03/14 To enrol 03/15 Rpt enrol - Sp signed 03/16 Pres signed 03/17 To Governor 03/21 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 84 Effective: 07/01/05
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 155 BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS ACT; AMENDING SECTION 54-3102, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY A DEFINITION; AMENDING SECTION 54-3108, IDAHO CODE, 4 TO REVISE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS, TO DELETE LANGUAGE EXEMPTING CERTAIN 5 APPLICANTS FROM EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES; 6 AMENDING SECTION 54-3109, IDAHO CODE, TO UPDATE REFERENCES AND TO DELETE 7 LANGUAGE PROVIDING FOR EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS AS ESTABLISHED BY RULE; 8 AMENDING SECTION 54-3110, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM REINSTATE- 9 MENT FEE AND TO PROVIDE FOR A FEE FOR EXAMINATION PREPARATION MATERIALS; 10 AND AMENDING SECTION 54-3111, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE 11 TO THE CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS. 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 13 SECTION 1. That Section 54-3102, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 14 amended to read as follows: 15 54-3102. DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise expressly stated, when used in 16 this act the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: 17 (a) "Shorthand reporting" means the making of written symbols or abbrevi- 18 ations in shorthand or machine shorthand writing of a verbatim record of any 19 oral court proceedings, deposition, or proceedings before any grand jury, ref- 20 eree, or court commissioner, contemporaneous with the event. 21 (b) "Certified shorthand reporter" or its abbreviation "C.S.R." means any 22 person holding a valid regular or temporary certificate as a shorthand 23 reporter as provided in this act. 24 (c) "Board" means the state certified shorthand reporters board. 25 (d) "Official court reporter" means the official court reporter of a fed- 26 eral district court in the state or the district court reporter of any state 27 district court, but does not include any reporter of the magistrates division 28 of any state district court. 29 (e) "Freelance reporter" means any shorthand reporter engaged in the 30 practice of shorthand reporting as defined in this act who is not an official 31 court reporter. 32 (f) "Available" means physically present at the time and place indicated 33 or that the person could be physically present at the time and place indicated 34 if a specific request was made. 35 SECTION 2. That Section 54-3108, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 36 amended to read as follows: 37 54-3108. QUALIFICATIONS --CERTIFICATION WITHOUTREQUIRED EXAMINATION -- 38 RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATES. (1) Applicants for certification must take and pass 39 the Idaho certified shorthand reporter examination. Alternatively, applicants 40 for certification must provide proof, satisfactory to the board, of having 41 passed one (1) of the following examinations within the two (2) years prior to 2 1 the date of the application: 2 (a) The registered professional reporter (RPR) examination; 3 (b) The registered merit reporter (RMR) examination; 4 (c) The registered diplomate reporter (RDR) examination; or 5 (d) The certified realtime reporter (CRR) examination. 6 (2) Any applicant who is a citizen of the United States of good moral 7 character, having graduated from an accredited high school or having had an 8 equivalent education,and having passed a reporters' examination as herein9providedshall be entitled to receive a certificate as a certified shorthand 10 reporter upon payment of the fees required by this act. All applications shall 11 be in such form as prescribed by the board and filed with the board at least 12 thirty (30) days prior to the announced date of the reporters' examination. 13 The board in its discretion may make such additional investigation and 14 inquiry, or require additional information from the applicant, as it shall 15 deem necessary in determining the qualifications of the applicant. The board 16 shall thereupon notify the applicant as to whether his application to take the 17 reporters' examination is accepted. 18(b) Any applicant who was an official court reporter within the state of19Idaho upon the effective date of this act and any freelance reporter who has20been in the active practice of shorthand reporting for at least one (1) year21within the state of Idaho immediately preceding the effective date of this act22shall not be required to take or pass the reporters' examination but shall be23entitled to a regular certified shorthand reporter certificate upon filing a24proper application showing that he possesses the other required qualifications25and upon paying the fees required by this chapter.26 (c3) All regular certified shorthand reporter certificates shall be 27 issued for a period of one (1) year and shall be renewable upon payment of the 28 renewal fee prescribed in section 54-3110, Idaho Code, for an additional 29 period of one (1) year. 30 SECTION 3. That Section 54-3109, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 31 amended to read as follows: 32 54-3109. QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION -- RENEWAL. (1) A 33 temporary certified shorthand reporter certificate may be issued to an appli- 34 cant who pays the fees required by the provisions of this chapter and who: 35 (a) Is of good moral character; and 36 (b) Has graduated from an accredited high school or has an equivalent 37 education; and 38 (ci) Is currently licensed in good standing in another state as a 39 certified shorthand reporter, or its equivalent, or has otherwise 40 demonstrated his proficiency by a certificate from an agency of 41 another state,; or 42 (ii) Hhas graduated from a nationalshorthandcourt reporters asso- 43 ciation (NSCRA) approved school.; and44(d) Meets the experience qualifications that the board may establish by45rule.46 (2) The application shall be upon such form as prescribed by the board 47 and the board may in its discretion make additional investigation and inquiry, 48 or require further information from the applicant, as it shall deem necessary 49 in order to make a determination of the qualifications of the applicant. 50 (3) All temporary certified shorthand reporter certificates shall be 51 issued for a period of one (1) year and may be renewable for a single addi- 52 tional period of one (1) year upon the payment of the fees prescribed in sec- 53 tion 54-3110, Idaho Code, and upon a showing of just cause. 3 1 SECTION 4. That Section 54-3110, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 2 amended to read as follows: 3 54-3110. FEES. The board shall be entitled to charge and collect the fol- 4 lowing fees: 5 (a) The sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) as an application fee for any tem- 6 porary or regular certificate. 7 (b) The sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) as an examination fee for the 8 administration of the reporters' examination to any applicant. 9 (c) A sum not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00) as a renewal fee 10 for any regular or temporary certificate. 11 (d) A sum not to exceedfortyone hundred dollars ($40.100) as a rein- 12 statement fee for any application for reinstatement of a temporary or regular 13 certificate which has been revoked or suspended. 14 (e) The failure to renew a certificate annually as provided in this sec- 15 tion and sections 54-3108 and 54-3109, Idaho Code, shall not deprive such per- 16 son of the right of renewal, but the fee to be paid for the renewal of a cer- 17 tificate after the due date shall be increased twenty percent (20%) for each 18 month or fraction of a month that payment of renewal is delayed; provided, 19 however, that the maximum fee for delayed renewal shall not exceed twice the 20 renewal fee for each year delinquent. 21 (f) A sum not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) as a fee for examination 22 preparation materials. 23 SECTION 5. That Section 54-3111, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 24 amended to read as follows: 25 54-3111. EXAMINATIONS.(a)The board shallholdconduct the Idaho certi- 26 fied shorthand reporter examination at leastone (1) reporters' examination27during eachonce every year and mayhold suchconduct additional examinations. 28as are necessary.The secretary shall give public notice of the time and place 29 of each examination at least one hundred twenty (120) days in advance of the 30 date set for the examination and any person desiring to take the reporters' 31 examination must file his application with the board at least thirty (30) days 32 prior to the date of the examination. 33(b) The preparation, administration and grading of the examination shall34be governed by rules prescribed by the board, but the board may, in its dis-35cretion, engage the national shorthand reporters association to conduct such36examination under supervision of the board. Upon determining the results of37the examination, the board shall notify each examinee as to whether he passed38or failed the examination by written notice mailed to the applicant by certi-39fied mail to his address indicated in his application.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 14385 This bill is necessary to update the provisions of the Certified Shorthand Reporters statutes to accurately reflect current board policies and procedures. FISCAL NOTE The proposed increase in reinstatement fee will not result in any impact to the state general fund. Increase from $40.00 to $100.00,with a difference of $60.00, will impact approximately five individuals requiring reinstatement per year at the cost of $100.00 per individual. The proposed fee for practice examination materials will not result in any impact to the state general fund. The estimated impact of 25 individuals at $20.00 per year wanting material is $500.00. The fee will permit the Board to recoup its expenses in producing and mailing practice examination materials for those individuals who request them. CONTACT Name: Margaret Odedo Agency: Certified Shorthand Reporters Phone: (208) 334-2517 Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note H 155