BILL NUMBER: AB 2123	CHAPTERED  07/19/00

	CHAPTER   133
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 19, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 19, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 29, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 8, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Shelley

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2000

   An act to amend Section 70050.5 of the Government Code, relating
to phonographic reporters.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2123, Shelley.  Official phonographic reporters:  compensation.

   Existing law provides that the monthly salary and per diem of the
regular official phonographic reporters of the superior court in the
City and County of San Francisco shall be the same as that paid to
official phonographic reporters of the superior court in Los Angeles
County.
   This bill would provide that their salary and per diem shall be
not less than that paid to official phonographic reporters in Los
Angeles County.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 70050.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   70050.5.  In each county with a population of 730,000 and under
850,000, as determined by the 1960 federal census, the monthly salary
of the regular official phonographic reporters shall be not less
than that paid to regular official phonographic reporters of the
superior court in counties having a population of over 6,000,000.
Pro tempore reporters in each county with a population of 730,000 and
under 850,000, as determined by the 1960 federal census, shall
receive a daily per diem in an amount not less than that paid to pro
tempore superior court reporters in counties having a population of
over 6,000,000.
   Length of employment for compensation purposes under this section
shall mean length of employment in either the municipal court or
superior court of such county.
   All regular official phonographic reporters appointed prior to the
effective date of this section shall receive not less than the
monthly salary set forth in the maximum step of the pertinent salary
schedule used in counties having a population of over 6,000,000.
   Official phonographic reporters appointed subsequent to the
effective date of this section shall be compensated in an amount that
is not less than whatever step of the pertinent salary schedule used
in counties with a population of over 6,000,000 the majority of the
judges of such court may deem appropriate.