California Assembly Bill AB749 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 749INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bloom FEBRUARY 25, 2015 An act to amend Section 69953 of the Government Code, relating to courts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 749, as introduced, Bloom. Superior courts: reporters. Under existing law, when a verbatim record of a superior court proceeding is not made at public expense, the cost of making that record is required to be paid by the parties in equal proportion, except that either party may, at his or her option, pay the whole. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. 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 69953 of the Government Code is amended to read: 69953.  In any case where   When  a verbatim record is not made at public expense pursuant to Section 69952 or other  provisions of  law, the cost of making  any   a  verbatim record shall be paid by the parties in equal  proportion; and either party   proportion. Either party,  at his  option   or her option,  may pay the whole. In either case, all amounts so paid by the party to whom costs are awarded shall be taxed as costs in the case. The fees for transcripts and copies ordered by the parties shall be paid by the party ordering them. Except as provided in Section 69952,  no   a  reporter shall  not  perform any service in a civil action other than transcriptions until his  or her  fee for it has been deposited with the clerk of the court or with the reporter.