BILL NUMBER: AB 1630	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 13, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2012

   An act to repeal  and add  Section 70047.1 of the
Government Code, relating to courts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1630, as amended, Olsen. Stanislaus County Superior Court:
official court reporters.
   Under existing law, the state has sole responsibility for the
funding of court operations. Existing law authorizes a superior court
to appoint as many official court reporters  , and official
court reporters pro tempore,  as are deemed necessary. Those
court reporters who are court employees are subject to the Trial
Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, which authorizes each
trial court to establish a salary range for each of its employee
classifications.  Existing law also prescribes the compensation
of official court reporters and official court reporters pro tempore
in Stanislaus County. 
   This bill would repeal  a provision   those
provisions  of law prescribing the compensation of official
court reporters in Stanislaus County that  has  
have  been rendered obsolete by that act.  The bill would
provide that the repeal of a specified provision shall not affect the
calculation of compensation for retirement purposes for any official
court reporter first hired by the Stanislaus County Superior Court
before January 1, 2013. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 70047.1 of the Government Code is repealed.
   SEC. 2.    Section 70047.1 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   70047.1.  The judges of the Stanislaus County Superior Court may
appoint as many official superior court reporters pro tempore as the
business of the court requires. They shall be unsalaried, but shall
receive a per diem of 1/260 of Step 4 of the hourly rate specified in
the most current salary table for superior court reporters
established by the Stanislaus County Superior Court. 
   SEC. 3.    The repeal of subdivision (e) of Section
70047.1 of the Government Code by Section 1 of this act shall not
affect the calculation of compensation for retirement purposes for
any official court reporter first hired by the Stanislaus County
Superior Court before January 1, 2013.