Introduced By: Representative Moura
Date Introduced : January 14, 1999
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8-10-37 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-10 entitled "Family Court" is hereby amended to read as follows:
8-10-37. Report of trials -- Transcripts. -- Subject
to the provisions of section 8-10-21, court reporters shall report
stenographically, or court recording clerks or similar recording
personnel shall report electronically, the proceedings in the
trial of every action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in the
family court. Each court reporter or court recording clerk or
similar recording personnel shall also, upon the order of any
justice of the court, transcribe or otherwise reproduce his or
her report to be filed with the papers in the case. He or she
shall also make a transcript or otherwise reproduce the whole
or any part of the report upon the written request, filed with
the clerk, by either party to the action or proceeding, and when
completed and within the time limited by the court for filing
the transcript, shall immediately deliver the same to the party
ordering it, or to the attorney of record of the party, and in
the case of transcription by court reporters for such service
shall be paid a reasonable compensation, not less than five dollars
($5.00) and not exceeding three dollars ($3.00) per page for originals
and one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page for copies thereof
to be allowed by the court; {DEL provided, however, that no
branch, department, agency, board, or commission of the government
of this state shall be charged more than two dollars and fifty
cents ($2.50) per page for originals or more than one dollar ($1.00)
per page for copies thereof DEL}; and, in case the transcript
is used in subsequent proceedings in the cause, the cost of the
transcript may be allowed as part of the costs. In the case of
electronic court recordings the person making the recordings or
another person so designated by the court may be requested or
ordered, in lieu of making a transcript, to reproduce the recording
and certify its authenticity, and in such case each party requesting
the reproduction shall pay to the court the sum of ten dollars
($10.00) per cassette.
SECTION 2. Section 8-5-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-5 entitled "Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters" is hereby amended to read as follows:
8-5-5. Reports of superior and family court trials -- Transcripts.
-- Court reporters shall report stenographically or electronic
court reporters or similar recording personnel shall report electronically
the proceedings in the trial of every action or proceeding, civil
or criminal, in the superior court and the family court. Each
court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording
personnel shall also, upon the order of any justice of the court,
transcribe or otherwise reproduce his or her report to be filed
with the papers in the case. He or she shall also make a transcript
of or otherwise reproduce the whole or any part of the report
upon the written request, filed with the clerk, by either party
to the action or proceeding, and when completed and within the
time limited by the court for filing the transcript, shall immediately
deliver the transcript to the party ordering it, or to the attorney
of record of the party, and in the case of transcription by court
reporters for such service shall be paid a reasonable compensation,
not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not exceeding three dollars
($3.00) per page for originals and one dollar and fifty cents
($1.50) per page for copies thereof, to be allowed by the court {DEL ;
provided, however, that no branch, department, agency, board,
or commission of the government of this state shall be charged
more than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per page for originals
or more than one dollar ($1.00) per page for copies thereof DEL};
and, in case the transcript is used in subsequent proceedings
in the cause, the cost of the transcript may be allowed as a part
of the costs. In the case of electronic court recordings the person
making the recordings or another person so designated by the court
may be requested or ordered, in lieu of making a transcript, to
reproduce the recording and certify its authenticity, and in such
case each party requesting the reproduction shall pay to the court
the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per cassette.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
