BILL NUMBER: AB 582 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Evans
FEBRUARY 21, 2007
An act to amend Section 69950 Sections
69950 and 69951 of the Government Code, relating to court
transcription fees.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 582, as amended, Evans. Court transcription fees.
Existing law establishes the fees for obtaining court
transcriptions. The Under existing law, the
fee for the original printed copy of the court transcript is $0.85
for each 100 words and for each copy purchased at the same time by a
court, party, or other person purchasing the original is $0.15 for
each 100 words . Under existing law, the fee for a
first copy to any court, party, or other person who does not
simultaneously purchase the original is $0.20 for each 100 words, and
for each additional copy, puchased purchased
at the same time, $0.15 for each 100 words. Existing law
also provides that for a transcript in a civil case, an official
court reporter or official court reporter pro tempore may charge an
additional 50% for special daily copy service.
This bill would provide that from January 1, 2008, to December 31,
2008, inclusive, the fee for the original printed copy of the court
transcript is $0.98 per 100 words and for each copy purchased at the
same time by a court, party, or other person purchasing the original
is $0.17 for each 100 words. The bill would provide that the fee for
a first copy of the transcript to a court, party, or other person who
does not simultaneously purchase the original is $0.23 for each 100
words and for each additional copy purchased at the same time, $0.17
for each 100 words. The bill would also provide that from January 1,
2009, to December 31, 2009, inclusive, and on and after January 1,
2010, these costs shall increase, as specified. The bill would
provide that on or before April 1, 2011, and every April 1
thereafter, these costs shall be increased according to the
cumulative increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers, as specified. The bill would further provide that the fee
for transcription is an additional 50% for the special daily copy
service. The bill would make related legislative findings and
declarations. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive
changes to these provisions.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:
(a) Official court reporters and court reporters pro tempore
employed by the courts are currently paid under a dual compensation
structure in which the base salary of the court reporter is
supplemented by income from preparing required transcripts and
providing other required transcription services.
(b) The dual compensation structure protects the state from
bearing the full cost of transcript preparation and other
transcription services and avoids the resulting consequences of
overtime liability related to these services.
(c) The fees for original transcripts prepared by official court
reporters and court reporters pro tempore have not been adjusted in
16 years and fees for copies purchased at the same time as the
original transcript have only increased once in 103 years.
(d) In order to ensure full and fair compensation of official
court reporters and court reporters pro tempore employed by the
court, and in order to attract and retain official court reporters
and court reporters pro tempore employed by the courts that have
sufficient skills and competence to serve the needs of the justice
system, it is imperative that the system of dual compensation provide
sufficient payment for transcription services.
(e) Therefore, it is necessary to revise the fees for transcripts
prepared by official court reporters and court reporters pro tempore.
SEC. 2. Section 69950 of the Government
Code is amended to read:
69950. (a) The
A transcript prepared by an official reporter or
official reporter pro tempore employed by a court shall be subject to
the following:
(a) (1) From
January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008, inclusive, the fee for
transcription for the original ribbon or
printed copy is eighty-five cents ($0.85)
shall be ninety-eight cents ($0.98) for each 100
words, and for each copy purchased at the same time by the court,
party, or other person purchasing the original, fifteen
cents ($0.15) seventeen cents ($0.17) for each
100 words.
(2) From January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, inclusive, the fee
for transcription for the original printed copy shall be one dollar
thirteen cents ($1.13) for each 100 words, and for each copy
purchased at the same time by the court, party, or other person
purchasing the original, twenty cents ($0.20) for each 100 words.
(3) On and after January 1, 2010, the fee for transcription for
the original printed copy shall be one dollar twenty-four cents
($1.24) for each 100 words, and for each copy purchased at the same
time by the court, party, or other person purchasing the original,
twenty-two cents ($0.22) for each 100 words.
(b) The (1) From
January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008, inclusive, the fee for a
first copy to any court, party, or other person who does not
simultaneously purchase the original shall be twenty cents
($0.20) twenty-three cents ($0.23) for each 100
words, and for each additional copy, purchased at the same time,
fifteen cents ($0.15) seventeen cents ($0.17)
for each 100 words.
(2) From January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, inclusive, the fee
for a first copy to any court, party, or other person who does not
simultaneously purchase the original shall be twenty-six cents
($0.26) for each 100 words, and for each additional copy, purchased
at the same time, twenty cents ($0.20) for each 100 words.
(3) On and after January 1, 2010, the fee for a first copy to any
court, party, or other person who does not simultaneously purchase
the original shall be twenty-nine cents ($0.29) for each 100 words,
and for each additional copy, purchased at the same time, twenty-two
cents ($0.22) for each 100 words.
(c) On or before April 1, 2011, and on or before each April 1
thereafter, the amounts described in paragraph (3) of subdivisions
(a) and (b) shall be increased proportionally by the increase in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the
United States Bureau of Statistics, for the previous calendar year,
to be rounded up to the nearest cent by the Administrative Office of
the Courts. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall also
publish an updated transcript fee schedule and those increased fees
shall take effect on that April 1.
SEC. 3. Section 69951 of the Government
Code is amended to read:
69951. For transcription, in civil cases, the reporter
may charge The fee for transcription is an
additional 50 percent for special daily copy service.
SECTION 1. Section 69950 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
69950. (a) The fee for transcription for original ribbon or
printed copy is eighty-five cents ($0.85) for each 100 words, and for
each copy purchased at the same time by the court, party, or other
person purchasing the original, fifteen cents ($0.15) for each 100
words.
(b) The fee for a first copy to any court, party, or other person
who does not purchase at the same time the original shall be twenty
cents ($0.20) for each 100 words, and for each additional copy,
purchased at the same time, fifteen cents ($0.15) for each 100 words.